The surname Tate
A patronymic surname, carried by 71,058 people in the United States.
Pronounced /teɪt/ 1 syllable Soundex T300 Also a first name
Origin
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.
Tate is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 71,058 people named Tate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,345 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 67,208.
Who is named Tate
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
56% of people named Tate identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 56%
- Black (not Hispanic) 38%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Famous Tates
26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Andrew TateAmerican-British businessman, former kickboxer, dating coach and manosphere influencer, born 1986
- Sharon TateAmerican actress and model (1943–1969)
- John TateAmerican mathematician (1925-2019)
- Nahum TateAnglo-Irish poet and playwright (1652–1715)
- Miesha TateAmerican mixed martial artist, born 1986
- Allen TateAmerican poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979)
- Larenz TateAmerican actor, born 1975
- Geoff TateAmerican singer, born 1959
- Jeffrey TateBritish conductor (1943–2017)
- Jae'Sean TateAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Grady TateAmerican jazz musician (1932–2017)
- John TateAmerican boxer (1955–1998)
Notable Tates come mostly from the United States (22), Australia (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Tates
Tate has the Soundex code T300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T300.
Questions
- Where does the surname Tate come from?
- 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.
- How common is the surname Tate?
- 71,058 people in the United States had the surname Tate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,345 Americans. It ranked 467th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tate?
- In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Tate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Tate?
- Andrew Tate, American-British businessman, former kickboxer, dating coach and manosphere influencer, followed by Sharon Tate.
- Where is the surname Tate most common?
- Wikidata records people named Tate in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Tate?
- Tate is /teɪt/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Tate?
- Tate is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Tate getting more or less common?
- More common. 67,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,058 in 2010, up 5.7%.
- What are other spellings of Tate?
- Tates.
- Is Tate also a first name?
- Yes. Tate is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.