# Tate (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tate/  
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) | 71,058 |
| US rank (2010) | 467 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,345 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (67,208 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /teɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Tates |

## Etymology

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tate 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tate in the United States, Australia, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

## People named Tate

- Andrew Tate, American-British businessman, former kickboxer, dating coach and manosphere influencer
- Sharon Tate, American actress and model (1943–1969)
- John Tate, American mathematician (1925-2019)
- Nahum Tate, Anglo-Irish poet and playwright (1652–1715)
- Miesha Tate, American mixed martial artist
- Allen Tate, American poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979)
- Larenz Tate, American actor
- Geoff Tate, American singer
- Jeffrey Tate, British conductor (1943–2017)
- Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Grady Tate, American jazz musician (1932–2017)
- John Tate, American boxer (1955–1998)

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Tait, Tadeo, Tat, Tata, Todd, Toth, Tutt, Tweedy, Twitty, Tweed, Tidd, Teed.

## 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.