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Early Origins of the Utter family

The surname Utter was first found in Roxburghshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times some say before the 12th century. They held a family seat in the lands of Otterburn near Morebattle in that shire.

Early History of the Utter family

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Utter Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Otterburn, Utterburn, Ottyrburn, Otterbyrne, Ottirbyrn, Ottirburn, Ottirbairn, Otirburne, Otyrburn, Ottirburne, Otterburne, Otterborne, Ottirborne, Otterbourne and many more.

Early Notables of the Utter family

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Utter Ranking

In the United States, the name Utter is the 6,779th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. [1]


United States Utter migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Utter Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Nils Gustaf Utter, aged 24, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Utter (post 1700) +

  • George Herbert Utter (1854-1912), American politician, 49th Governor of Rhode Island
  • Douglas Max Utter (b. 1950), award-winning American expressionist/structuralist painter
  • William Utter, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Otsego County, 1823 [3]
  • Harry C. Utter, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1924 [3]
  • George P. Utter (b. 1897), American Republican politician, Member of Missouri State House of Representatives from St. Louis City 1st District, 1943-44; Member of Missouri State Senate 29th District, 1947-48 [3]
  • George Herbert Utter (1854-1912), Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1888-89; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1904-05; Governor of Rhode Island, 1905-07; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1911-12 [3]
  • George D. Utter, American politician, Secretary of State of Rhode Island, 1891-94 [3]
  • George Benjamin Utter (b. 1881), American Republican politician, Member of Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee, 1915-28; Member of Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1925-26 [3]
  • Frank Utter, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 [3]
  • Ernest S. Utter, American politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives 56th District, 1951-52 [3]
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  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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