Schroeter: Surname History and Family Crest

Genealogists group Schroeter with Schröter. The name is generally explained as “Tailor (Low German)”.

• About 1,652 people in the United States were recorded as Schroeter in 2010, placing it 17,151 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. 280 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Schroeter name at birth.
• Before spelling was fixed, Schröter was also written Schroeter.

Heraldry and the Schroeter name

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