How common is the surname Yates?

63,254 people in the United States had the surname Yates in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,881 Americans. It ranked 535th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Yates?

Richard Yates, American novelist, short story writer (1926-1992), followed by Sally Yates.

Where is the surname Yates most common?

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

How do you pronounce Yates?

Yates is /jeɪts/, one syllable.

Is the surname Yates getting more or less common?

More common. 61,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,254 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Yates

An English surname, carried by 63,254 people in the United States.

Pronounced /jeɪts/ 1 syllable Soundex Y320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yates is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English surname, from yate, obsolete form of gate.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 63,254 people named Yates in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,881 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 61,400.

#535

rank among US surnames

63,254

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #491)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#526	Kramer	63,936	4,829
#527	McBride	63,899	4,832
#528	Pope	63,881	4,833
#529	Lindsey	63,760	4,842
#530	Velazquez	63,736	4,844
#531	Norton	63,722	4,845
#532	McCormick	63,649	4,851

Who is named Yates

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

81% of people named Yates identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Yatess

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Yates
American novelist, short story writer (1926-1992)
Sally Yates
American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General, born 1960
Sean Yates
British cyclist and sporting director, born 1960
Archie Yates
British actor, born 2009
Richard Yates
13th Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator (1815-1873)
Janty Yates
British costume designer, born 1950
Josephine Silone Yates
American chemist, 1859–1912
Sidney R. Yates
American politician (1909–2000)
Reggie Yates
British actor, television presenter and radio DJ, born 1983
Pauline Yates
British actress (1929–2015)
Richard Yates
American politician, judge and lawyer (1860–1936)
Kirby Yates
American baseball player (born 1987)

Notable Yatess come mostly from the United States (11), the United Kingdom (5) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Yates

Yates has the Soundex code Y320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y320.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Yates come from?: From the Old English surname, from yate, obsolete form of gate.
How common is the surname Yates?: 63,254 people in the United States had the surname Yates in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,881 Americans. It ranked 535th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yates?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Yates identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Yates?: Richard Yates, American novelist, short story writer (1926-1992), followed by Sally Yates.
Where is the surname Yates most common?: Wikidata records people named Yates in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Yates?: Yates is /jeɪts/, one syllable.
Is the surname Yates getting more or less common?: More common. 61,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,254 in 2010, up 3.0%.