as a Last Name
- 1,322
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pater
Meaning & Origins
Dutch, German, and Polish: from Latin pater ‘father’, also used to denote the father superior in a religious order, hence probably a nickname for a solemn or pompous man.
| 21,004th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Patel, Pate, Peter, Paterson, Patenaude, Paterno, Paternoster, Pates, Paternostro, Patek
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,322
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Pater per capita
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