How common is the surname Fate?

1,072 people in the United States had the surname Fate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fate getting more or less common?

More common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Fate

A surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fate is more common than 85.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,072 people named Fate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,025.

#23,647

rank among US surnames

1,072

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,221)

Who is named Fate

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

74% of people named Fate identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fate

Fate has the Soundex code F300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F300.

Questions

How common is the surname Fate?: 1,072 people in the United States had the surname Fate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fate?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Fate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fate getting more or less common?: More common. 1,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 4.6%.