# Bate (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bate/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,988 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,305 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,747 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a diminutive form of Bartholomew.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bate in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bate in the United Kingdom.

## People named Bate

- Anthony Bate, British actor (1927-2012)
- Bridget Bate Tichenor, British-American artist, surrealist painter, fashion editor (1917–1990)
- Lauren Bate, British cyclist
- Jonathan Bate, British academic, biographer, critic, broadcaster, novelist and scholar

## Similar surnames

Beatty, Batt, Baty, Batey, Bade, Batty, Baity, Batie, Bata, Badie, Bath, Bhat.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.