Shooter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE scotian or ME schōten ‘to shoot’; first attested Robert scotere 1148 Winton (Hampshire)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈʃutɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shooter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 122K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.4M
- AUAustralia≈1 in 140K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 147 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 122K (inferred from the name graph)
≈540 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE scotian or ME schōten ‘to shoot’; first attested Robert scotere 1148 Winton (Hampshire)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shooter counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 122K | 1.1K | Shooter | 123 |
| IN India | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 2.7M | — | Shooter | 18 |
| US United States | 231 | 1 in 1.4M | 241 | Shooter | 147 |
| AU Australia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Shooter | 43 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Shooter | 7 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 686K | — | Shooter | 5 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 565K | — | Shooter | 7 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Shooter is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, name for a marksman, from an agent deriv. of ME schoot(en) to shoot (OE sceotan). Vars.: Shotter, Shut(t)er; see also Shutt. Shireff see Sheriff Shor see Schauer Shirer see Shearer Shires see Shear
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In French, to shoot the ball forward in an attempt to place it in the opponent's goal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, shooter (game)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Reginald Arthur Shooterb. 1916GBBritish microbiologist (1916-2013)
- Tom Shooterb. 1941USAmerican painter, 1941-2004
- Adrian Shooterb. 1948GBBritish transport executive
- Jim Shooterb. 1951USAmerican comic book writer (1951–2025)
- Sal Shooterb. 2000USAmerican pornographic actor
- Don ShooterUSAmerican politician
- Mike ShooterBritish psychiatrist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.1K | #6,234 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 241 | #83,936 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 231 | #81,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 226 | #78,549 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shooter mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE scotian or ME schōten ‘to shoot’; first attested Robert scotere 1148 Winton (Hampshire) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Shooter?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃutɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Shooter have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 541 people named Shooter in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shooter.
- How common is the name Shooter?
- In the United States, the national register counted 231 people named Shooter in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shooterThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shooter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.