Bates Surname
Approximately 189,693 people bear this surname
Bates Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Bate. The form Bathe below will mark the step by which Bate was reached.
Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBates Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 123,322 | 1:2,939 | 294 |
| England | 36,543 | 1:1,525 | 168 |
| Australia | 11,241 | 1:2,402 | 315 |
| Canada | 7,095 | 1:5,193 | 753 |
| New Zealand | 1,908 | 1:2,373 | 327 |
| South Africa | 1,504 | 1:36,022 | 4,620 |
| Wales | 1,355 | 1:2,284 | 246 |
| Ireland | 910 | 1:5,175 | 837 |
| Scotland | 775 | 1:6,908 | 1,067 |
| Northern Ireland | 748 | 1:2,467 | 502 |
| Mexico | 600 | 1:206,877 | 5,513 |
| Philippines | 472 | 1:214,488 | 33,410 |
| Indonesia | 320 | 1:413,279 | 34,865 |
| France | 268 | 1:247,846 | 38,285 |
| Thailand | 239 | 1:295,558 | 50,871 |
| Spain | 201 | 1:232,597 | 15,261 |
| Argentina | 141 | 1:303,145 | 24,179 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Isle of Man | 78 | 1:1,100 | 175 |
| Japan | 76 | 1:1,682,162 | 25,629 |
| Jamaica | 72 | 1:39,860 | 2,581 |
| Bahamas | 69 | 1:5,678 | 548 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 68 | 1:20,058 | 2,346 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66 | 1:53,582 | 6,481 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:1,092 | 205 |
| Venezuela | 58 | 1:520,760 | 9,798 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Serbia | 54 | 1:132,314 | 9,600 |
| Switzerland | 52 | 1:157,941 | 14,824 |
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Jersey | 47 | 1:2,111 | 345 |
| Denmark | 44 | 1:128,289 | 11,616 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Guyana | 43 | 1:17,726 | 2,302 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 |
| Barbados | 35 | 1:8,213 | 697 |
| China | 29 | 1:47,149,020 | 2,555 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 22 | 1:5,017 | 770 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Cook Islands | 20 | 1:909 | 192 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Cyprus | 15 | 1:58,992 | 5,768 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Hong Kong | 14 | 1:523,963 | 3,360 |
| Norfolk Island | 11 | 1:209 | 34 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1:48,773,131 | 29,601 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Libya | 2 | 1:3,121,987 | 6,135 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1:10,404,280 | 18,448 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 677 | 1:6,543 | 1,039 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18,747 | 1:1,300 | 158 |
| Scotland | 177 | 1:21,148 | 2,065 |
| Wales | 139 | 1:11,284 | 678 |
| Jersey | 32 | 1:1,621 | 261 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:6,784 | 664 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26,086 | 1:1,925 | 195 |
The alternate forms: Bateş (1) are calculated separately.
Bates (887) may also be a first name.
Bates Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Bate. The form Bathe below will mark the step by which Bate was reached.
Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Bathe fil. Robert, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Thomas Bateson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Alicia Bate, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Bateson, 1379: ibid.
Adam Bate, 1379: ibid.
Christopher Bateson, of Caton, Lancashire, 1587: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
1615. Humphrey Bates and Joane Empson: Marriage Lic. (London).
1621. William Bate and Ann Hill: ibid.
'son of Bate,' a diminutive of Bartholomew, and so = Bateson. Robert Bates sometime minister of the gospel at Spynie, 1747 (Moray).
Bate’s (Son), Bate’s Son v. Bate.
“Little Bartholemew” in Old English.
(English) The son of Bate, a pet form of Bartholomew (son of Talmai, furrow); one of stout, heavy appearance.
Bate, Anglo—Saxon, contention.
(English), Bate's or Bartholomew's, (variant: Abadam.)
From the Old Norse, Beda; in the Domesday Book, Beda; from the Danish, Betz; from the Dutch, Beets; from the Flemish, Bette, Beths, Beetz, Bets; a personal name.
Bates. —A derivative of Bartholomew. This surname has two principal centres, one in the counties of Leicester, Rutland, and Warwick, and the other in Kent. Prom these centres it has extended to the adjoining counties; but it is essentially a midland and eastern county name. In other parts of England its place is supplied by other forms of the name, or by other derivatives of Bartholomew. Thus, in Cornwall we find Bate, in Dorset and adjacent counties we have numbers of Bartletts, in Yorkshire Batty, in Northumberland Batey, in Oxon Batts, in Notts Bartle, etc. The original name of Bartholomew is now mostly found in the counties of Kent and Lincoln; but in its numerous derivative forms it is scattered over the land.
User-submitted Reference
(English + Greek + Hebrew) The son or descendant of Bartholomew; deriving from the Greek name Vartholomaios, ultimately deriving from the Hebrew name Bartalmai meaning the son of the farmer.
- dinn315(English, Welsh, Irish) This surname means 'son of Bartholomew'.
- dinn315Bates Demographics
Average Bates Salary in
United States
$41,664 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bates Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bates Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bates (Arabic: باتيس, Hindi: बतेस, Marathi: बटेस, Russian: Батес) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Bateş. For other possible spellings of Bates click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bates? popularity and diffusion
Bates is the 2,966th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 38,418 people. The surname Bates occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bates live; 60 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bates is also the 272,925th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 887 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 123,322 people, or 1 in 2,939. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 142 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Bates Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bates has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bates surname rose 473 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 975 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 134 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 438 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bates Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States Bates are 13.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.03% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bates earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 5.77% less than the national average, earning 326,109 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.88% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,075 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.2% more than the national average, earning R 342,684 per year; in United States they earn 3.44% less than the national average, earning $41,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $51,957 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bates Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bates in the Marathi language | ||
| बटेस | batesa | - |
| Bates in the Hindi language | ||
| बतेस | batesa | 62.5 |
| बटेस | batesa | 25 |
| बतेश | batesa | 12.5 |
| Bates in the Russian language | ||
| Батес | bates | - |
| Bates in the Arabic language | ||
| باتيس | batys | - |
| باتس | bats | - |
| بيتس | byts | - |
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