Gatehouse Surname

194,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Gatehouse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate-house,' of the monastery, church, &c. With Gatus, compare Loftus or Bacchus, for Lofthouse and Backhouse.

John Fox, of Gatehouse, in Ellel. 1678: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

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Gatehouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9541:58,4056,999
Australia4611:58,5597,118
Canada2721:135,46214,020
United States2371:1,529,363103,723
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Wales751:41,2604,005
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norfolk Island31:765177
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6271:38,8764,976
Wales351:44,8122,341
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Gatehouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate-house,' of the monastery, church, &c. With Gatus, compare Loftus or Bacchus, for Lofthouse and Backhouse.

John Fox, of Gatehouse, in Ellel. 1678: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1774. Married — George Allen and Margaret Gatehouse: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Gate- House of an Abbey, etc. [Old English geat+hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the Gate- House of an Abbey, etc. [Old English geat+hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From residence at the gatehouse of a monastery, castle, or town.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Kirkcudbright.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Gatehouse Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gatehouse Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gatehouse occurs most in England. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gatehouse? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 194,820th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,380,123 people. The last name Gatehouse occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Gatehouse reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 954 people, or 1 in 58,405. In England Gatehouse is most common in: Greater London, where 12 percent are found, Kent, where 9 percent are found and Dorset, where 7 percent are found. Excluding England this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.

Gatehouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gatehouse has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gatehouse surname rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 697 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 214 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gatehouse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gatehouse surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Gatehouse earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning $38,915 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $52,834 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atehouse941/
Gatehose941/
Gastehaus783/
Gastehuis782/
Gatioushe781/
Ostehouse780/
Gotehus7514/
Gathius752/
Gatgeos751/
Gatjeus750/
Gatius67491/
Gateas6748/
Atease6711/
Aityousse671/

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