Keate Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Keate Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kett,' but whether Kett represents a nick, of Catherine, or, like Kit, of Christopher, I cannot say. The forms are found all over England, confirming a baptismal derivation.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 298 | 1:1,216,305 | 86,337 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| Ivory Coast | 50 | 1:461,425 | 15,070 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 86 | 1:283,435 | 19,633 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46 | 1:1,091,711 | 63,103 |
Keate (99) may also be a first name.
Keate Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Kett,' but whether Kett represents a nick, of Catherine, or, like Kit, of Christopher, I cannot say. The forms are found all over England, confirming a baptismal derivation. The variants given in the Oxford Registers are: Keete, Keighte, Keit, Ket, Keyt, Kight, Kighte, Kite, Kitte, and Kyte. Several of these are variants of Kite, which see. Keats or Keates is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, &c.
William Ket, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1575. Jerome Kighte, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1581. Thomas Keate, or Keighte: ibid.
1589. Edward Keat, Berkshire: ibid.
1780. Married — Jeremiah James and Ann Keate: St. George, Hanover Square.
1791. — James Watts and Hannah Keates: ibid.
1795. — Richard Keats and Mary Widdison: ibid.
1803. Joseph Hyde and Frances Keet: ibid.
(Teutonic) Bold, Lively, Gay [Middle English ket(e: cp. Old Norse kát-r, merry, cheerful; kæti, cheerfulness, gladness] When thou komest to kourt among the kete lordes.—William of Palerne, 330.
Cp. Kett.
(English) Descendant of Keat (lively); or of Ket, an abbreviation of one of the names beginning with Ketil (cauldron); descendant of Kit, a pet form of Christopher (Christ-bearer).
An old Cornish family bore the former name, as also did the extinct baronets of the Hoo in Hertfordshire. Hals, the Cornish topographer, gives this very uncomplimentary derivation of the name: "Keate, ceate, in British is fallacy, cheat, or delusion."
Hals says keate, ceate, signifies in British fallacy, cheat, or delusion; but these names, as well as Keyte, Kite, are more probably from cot (W. cwt), a cot, sty; or from root of Coode, q. v.
Keate Demographics
Keate Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Keate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keate is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keate? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,286th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Keate are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Keate is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 99 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 1,216,305. In The United States it is most numerous in: Utah, where 45 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent live.
Keate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keate has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keate surname expanded 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keate Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Keate surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Keate last name are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.
The amount Keate earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.5% more than the national average, earning R 352,896 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% less than the national average, earning $41,009 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $55,012 CAD per year.
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