Coate Surname
Approximately 2,361 people bear this surname
Coate Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the cote' or 'cotes,' i.e. cottages; (a) 'of Cotes,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire; also a hamlet in the parish of Prestwold, Leicestershire.
Egidius de Cotes, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameCoate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,540 | 1:235,363 | 22,590 |
| Mexico | 386 | 1:321,570 | 7,043 |
| England | 179 | 1:311,274 | 23,420 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 242 | 1:100,725 | 10,154 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 412 | 1:121,890 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Coaté (1) are calculated separately.
Coate (12) may also be a first name.
Coate Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'at the cote' or 'cotes,' i.e. cottages; (a) 'of Cotes,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire; also a hamlet in the parish of Prestwold, Leicestershire.
Egidius de Cotes, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert de Cotes, Buckinghamshire, ibid.
Geoffrey de Cotes, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Ralph atte Cote, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby s Quest.
Thomas del Cotes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes del Cotes, 1379: ibid.
Henricus del Cote, 1379: ibid.
Willelmus atte Cotes, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
1561. Buried — Joane Coates: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1563. — John Cotes: ibid.
1625. William Turner and Susanna Coates: Marriage Lic. (London).
Variant spellings of Coutts, q. v. Sir James Coats (b. 1834) and his brother Sir Peter, founders of the great thread mills, were born in Paisley. English Coates is of different origin.
(English) belonging to Coate, or Dweller at the Cot(tage or by the Pen [Middle English and Dialectal English cote, a cot(tage, also an animal- pen; Old English cot] . . . it ne semed nat by liklynesse That she was born ana fed in rudenesse, As in a cote, or in an oxe stalle, But norissed in an emperoures halle.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, E 396-99.
No sooner sat he foote within The late deformed cote, But that the formall change of things His wondring eies did note.—‘The Patient Countess'; Percy’s Reliques.
(Celtic) v. Coad(e.
(English) Descendant of one who occupied a cottage and tilled ten acres or less.
Parishes, &c., in cos. Gloucester, Leicester, Lincoln, Sussex, York, &c.
Local. The side, the shore, coast, border.
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Coate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coate has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear as a variant: Coaté. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Coate? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coate is the 180,498th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,086,635 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Coate are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most common given name internationally, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,540 people, or 1 in 235,363. In The United States Coate is most frequent in: California, where 19 percent live, Ohio, where 13 percent live and Washington, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 16 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Coate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coate has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 374 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 26 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Coate Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Coate surname is predominantly Catholic (33%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Coate surname are 26.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.56% registered with the party.
The amount Coate earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 4032.41% more than the national average, earning S/. 801,068 per year; in United States they earn 7.82% more than the national average, earning $46,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.74% more than the national average, earning $56,511 CAD per year.
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