Last names that are compound words can be split into two names by some record clerks, enumerators, or transcribers.
Troutvetter became Trout Vetter–with Trout being the “maiden” name and “Vetter” being the surname.
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Looking into this and name switched as well.
On my birth certificates my mother’s last name is listed as Lubeck. Actually it is Beck. Her middle name was Lu.