Tate Surname

4,035th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139,417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tate Surname Definition:

A Scottish surname, concerning which I have not gathered any information. Mr. Lower says, 'Teit was a personal name in Norway in the nth century. See the Heimskringla' (Patronymica Britannica).

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Tate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States89,1041:4,068449
India18,8371:40,7212,853
England11,4641:4,860670
Australia3,9031:6,9171,014
Japan2,8871:44,2833,766
Canada2,1881:16,8402,425
Syria1,4721:13,1121,078
Iran1,1111:69,1117,239
New Zealand8911:5,082822
Jamaica8181:3,508506
Northern Ireland7191:2,566522
France3971:167,31226,048
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Scotland3491:15,3401,924
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
South Africa3021:179,39619,719
Wales2561:12,0881,344
Ivory Coast2551:90,4754,778
Liberia2211:19,9482,009
Thailand2141:330,08657,008
Ireland1931:24,3992,340
Indonesia1781:742,97357,103
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Bahamas1621:2,418338
Iraq1621:216,1834,877
Argentina1511:283,06922,733
Philippines1501:674,92169,745
Cameroon1481:140,33215,641
Belize1431:2,486529
Papua New Guinea1371:59,5167,632
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
Dominican Republic1231:84,8213,815
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kenya991:466,46424,395
Solomon Islands871:6,667995
Brazil791:2,709,80280,941
Peru731:435,39913,331
Spain701:667,88629,788
Zimbabwe601:257,30427,433
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Isle of Man531:1,619284
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Panama381:102,9543,886
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Uruguay381:90,3099,090
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Nicaragua351:172,0312,375
Israel331:259,32223,464
Belgium321:359,27039,406
United States Virgin Islands261:4,245679
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Malta241:17,9281,021
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Afghanistan221:1,461,50812,026
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Cyprus201:44,2444,510
Costa Rica181:265,5592,987
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Benin151:689,04039,432
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
China101:136,732,1577,199
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
Saint Lucia81:22,3481,601
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tonga11:107,313791
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7861:5,636928
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,6961:4,279640
Scotland631:59,4163,787
Wales251:62,7373,061
Isle of Man251:2,171273
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,5541:3,705447

The alternate forms: Täte (17), Taté (4) & Tatè (1) are calculated separately.

Tate (10,281) may also be a first name.

Tate Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Scottish surname, concerning which I have not gathered any information. Mr. Lower says, 'Teit was a personal name in Norway in the nth century. See the Heimskringla' (Patronymica Britannica).

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

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Tate' (Yonge). Probably in some casesa modern variant of the Scotch Tait.

Nicholas Tate, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1635. Married — William Tate and Joane Lewis: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

Originally a nickname. Bede (Hist. Eccles., II, 9) tells us that Ethelberga, daughter of Ethelbert, king of Kent, was otherwise called 'Tate' (fem.), and nine individuals named 'Tata' (masc.) are recorded in Birch's Cartularium Saxonicum. The word, meaning 'glad,' 'cheerful,' occurs in ON. as teitr, and as a proper name, Teitr, occurs several times in the Icelandic Landnámabok, A debt due by the king is recorded paid to Thomas dictus Tayt in 1329 (ER., I, p. 211). Between 1362-70 there are a number of entries of payment of pension to John Tayt, clerk, who appears to have been connected with the hospital of Montrose (ibid., II, p. 115,359, etc.). Alexander Tayt was burgess of Edinburgh, 1381 (Egidii, p. 22). Adam Tayte who had a safe conduct to travel in England in 1424, may be the Adam Tayt, scutifer, a charter witness in Paisley, 1432 (Bain, III, 970; RMP., p. 370). Andrew Tait was Master of the Flesher Craft of Edinburgh, 1490 (Colston, Incorporated trades, p. 54), and another Andrew Tayt was one of the perambulators of the boundaries of Yochry and Achbrady, 1492 (RAA., II, 339). Robert Tait was tenant of the land of Wydsyd in 1531 (Rental), Christie Tett and Dand Taitt were tenants under the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 528). The name also appears in Orkney in 1575 (Oppressions, p. 7). A family of the name were proprietors or the barony of Cherrytrees in 1605 (Trials, II, p. 475), and Tait of Pirn, an ancient family in Tweeddale, ended in two heiresses, Margaret and Anne, one of whom married a Horsburgh of that Ilk. Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882), born in Edinburgh, became archbishop of Canterbury.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

V. Tait(e.

Nicholas Tate.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Head” in French (Tete).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who had a large or peculiar head; a gay or cheerful person; dweller at the top of the hill.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Teit was a personal name in Norway in the XI. cent. See the Heimskringla. The name is sometimes varied to Taitt, Taite and Tate.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Tata, an Anglo-Saxon personal name. See also Tait.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Pleasure, delight.

The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Or Tête. Robert Teste, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Nicholas Tate, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Old Norse, Teitr; from the Frisian, Tade; in the Domesday Book, Tate, Teit; from the German, Theda; a personal name.

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

User-submitted Reference

This is an Anglo-Scottish surname. It is however probably of Norse-Viking origin, deriving from the pre 7th century Old Norse word teitr, meaning 'glad' or 'cheerful'. In its home country it is recorded as the personal name Teitr, and appears in the Icelandic saga called Landnamabok.

- zakiry

Tate Last Name Facts

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

Tate (Arabic: تيت, Georgian: ტატე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺗﻪ, Hindi: ताते, Marathi: ताटे, Oriya: ଟେଟ, Russian: Тате) is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant: Täte, Taté or Tatè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tate? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tate is the 4,035th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 52,272 people. The surname Tate is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Tate live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 60,136th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 10,281 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 89,104 people, or 1 in 4,068. In The United States Tate is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Tennessee, where 7 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States Tate is found in 128 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Tate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tate has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tate surname increased 657 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 554 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,024 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tate Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Tate surname is principally Presbyterian (47%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Tate are 11.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.24% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tate earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 51.75% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,353 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.17% more than the national average, earning R 321,204 per year; in Colombia they earn 29.99% less than the national average, earning $15,895,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.21% less than the national average, earning $39,175 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.41% more than the national average, earning $53,364 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Täte9217/
Taté924/
Tatè921/
Tathe8914,525/
Thate894,176/
Taute893,261/
Tates892,512/
Tater892,232/
Tatte892,063/
Tated891,870/
Taite891,526/
Taste89984/
Tatge89946/
Tatey89925/
Tatje89530/
Teate89506/
Tatee89257/
Tatie89242/
Tateh89146/
Tateu89143/
Taate89109/
Tatei89105/
Tatez8957/
Tatej8939/
Tatep8937/
Tatet8934/
Tatea8927/
Tahte8922/
Taete8916/
Tayte8912/
Ttate893/
Tajte891/
Tat8649,468/
Thatte802,711/
Tastet802,597/
Tawete802,254/
Teater801,349/
Tauste801,185/
Tatter80552/
Thatei80483/
Tathed80448/
Theate80413/
Tuyate80405/
Teatea80291/
Teates80250/
Taudte80235/
Taetei80190/
Thaete80170/
Thathe80154/
Taiete80120/
Tauter80116/
Thaate80112/
Tateea8086/
Taithe8083/
Taitte8072/
Thaute8070/
Théate8069/
Taiste8065/
Thaite8055/
Tattje8054/
Thatje8041/
Taites8040/
Tather8038/
Tastea8038/
Tastes8029/
Taster8027/
Tayate8027/
Taitee8024/
Tahate8021/
Tasted8021/
Thajte8019/
Taiter8014/
Tatheu8014/
Tathee8013/
Tahteh8012/
Tayter8011/
Tathep8011/
Tatiea809/
Taathe807/
Tatesh807/
Tatech807/
Taatee806/
Tattea806/
Taited806/
Tattey805/
Taatei804/
Tattee804/
Tatthe804/
Tayete804/
Tautie804/
Taytie804/
Tattie803/
Tateer803/
Taytes803/
Tehate803/
Thates802/
Thated802/
Thatez802/
Tathes802/
Tathey802/
Tautet802/
Tatteh802/
Tajete802/
Taitie802/
Ttathe801/
Thateh801/
Taythe801/
Tijate801/
Tahthe801/
Taitea801/
Taitei801/
Tajate801/
Taated801/
Taater801/
Tatead801/
Tatees801/
Tatije801/
Tautej801/
Tastee801/
Tastey801/
Teatee801/
Toyate801/
Tyoate801/
Tachte801/
Tahtie801/
Tajite801/
Taiteh801/
Taiute801/
Tauthe801/
Tattet801/
Tateaz801/
Tatieh801/
Tastei801/
Tayote801/
Taytge801/
Thèate801/
Taetee801/
Tahter801/
Taette801/
Tateth801/
Tattes800/
Tati7587,590/
Tata7587,446/
Tait7544,495/
Taty7527,990/
That7519,311/
Tote7511,304/
Tite756,059/
Htat755,537/
Taut752,895/
Teat751,144/
Tatt75994/
Taat75923/
Tast75514/
Tath75202/
Taht75200/
Tats75143/
Tayt75112/
Tadt7549/
Tatá7529/
Taşt7517/
Dtat752/
Tatd752/
Ttat752/
Tajt752/
Tète751/
Tatì751/
Tgat751/
Teather73922/
Thaathe73123/
Taithet73105/
Tatteea7396/
Thathep7396/
Tajster7364/
Tatheer7347/
Thattey7338/
Tayette7334/
Tauster7334/
Tastets7327/
Tashter7327/
Taiette7321/
Tautter7320/
Thaiate7316/
Tahateh7313/
Thattei739/
Tashtey738/
Taister738/
Theathe738/
Thatthe737/
Tajoute735/
Tawetee735/
Thaiter734/
Taitesh733/
Tawethe733/
Thathea732/
Thathed732/
Httater732/
Tajutee732/
Tauther732/
Taittie732/
Thaitep732/
Thaitet732/
Thatheu731/
Thayter731/
Thoyate731/
Taitess731/
Taither731/
Tadttet731/
Tathedh731/
Taththe731/
Tastedt731/
Tastett731/
Tastter731/
Tatesch731/
Tatther731/
Tuyater731/
Tahatee731/
Tahateu731/
Tahteih731/
Tajaāte731/
Tajeteu731/
Tateesh731/
Tasteer731/
Tayotee731/
Tahiute731/
Thaitea731/
Tausted731/
Taaites731/
Thaites731/
Thateth731/
Thatheh731/
Thathey731/
Taieter731/
Taithed731/
Taithes731/
Taitter731/
Tatthet731/
Thatter730/
Teatter730/
Teateas730/
Tathess730/
Teattie730/
Tauette730/
Thite6719,055/
Thete6715,349/
Thote6712,545/
Thati6710,099/
Tatoy676,776/
Tauta676,233/
Tatis675,676/
Tuite675,421/
Tatai674,680/
Tatti673,908/
Tahat673,851/
Taita673,685/
Toste673,620/
Taitt672,839/
Tajti672,782/
Tautz672,562/
Tatay672,412/
Tatta672,285/
Tithe671,846/
Taati671,519/
Taiti671,505/
Taata671,400/
Tatoa671,144/
Tauti671,031/
Totte67845/
Tatha67836/
Teats67785/
Tathy67781/
Toteh67746/
Thaut67683/
Toute67631/
Tuete67565/
Thaithet67556/
Tasti67506/
Tatip67454/
Tathi67439/
Titei67375/
Tataj67351/
Tiete67348/
Todte67335/
Tatiy67289/
Totet67287/
Tatui67286/
Titea67283/
Toote67275/
Taşti67267/
Tataa67253/
Tatsh67249/
Tatio67241/
Tatoi67218/
Totey67207/
Thait67198/
Tatty67174/
Tahti67165/
Totea67158/
Thaty67150/
Tatoj67147/
Tatih67146/
Taits67144/
Toter67134/
Tayts67129/
Htata67127/
Tatit67124/
Tothe67120/
Tauts67111/
Totep67108/
Tajta67103/
Tatch6795/
Thath6789/
Thäte6787/
Totei6786/
Titey6783/
Taeti6777/
Tätte6771/
Taudt6767/
Tauty6762/
Titte6759/
Taats6755/
Tayti6752/
Tauth6747/
Totes6746/
Thatt6744/
Taity6739/
Taust6739/
Toite6738/
Totie6738/
Tyete6734/
Tiyathep6727/
Taatz6726/
Totee6725/
Theat6721/
Tauté6721/
Tadti6719/
Titee6719/
Htite6718/
Tahut6716/
Tautt6716/
Thast6716/
Töhte6716/
Ta'at6716/
Toteu6714/
Tuote6714/
Tatuy6714/
Tödte6713/
Tatid6712/
Tatiz6711/
Tacht6710/
Thaat679/
Toted679/
Tatyo679/
Tatuí679/
Tatii678/
Teati678/
Tteti677/
Teaty677/
Taïta677/
Tayta676/
Tuyte676/
Taatø676/
Tatts675/
Ttata675/
Thatthet675/
Tawethee675/
Taiyotee675/
Teatz674/
Thaththe674/
Htait674/
Töter674/
Ștaut674/
Tadta674/
Thadthet674/
Tejathep674/
Teath673/
Thawethe673/
Tohte673/
Tathd672/
Thachter672/
Ttote672/
Htati672/
Totez672/
Ttati672/
Tayth672/
Tatyś672/
Tatés672/
Tasté672/
Ttete672/
Tatiç672/
Tatyi672/
Taith671/
Dtati671/
Totej671/
Thateher671/
Thatp671/
Thatther671/
Theattea671/
Taist671/
Taaty671/
Taouette671/
Tatij671/
Tauyt671/
Toete671/
Tattá671/
Totõe671/
Taíta671/
Htayt671/
Theathei671/
Thashtee671/
Taait671/
Tahht671/
Tajieteu671/
Tajty671/
Tajtí671/
Tatté671/
Tatáj671/
Tatès671/
Tatéz671/
Tatahaye671/
Tayst671/
Taytt671/
Taîta671/
Thaitech671/
Tieatiea671/
Thaitest671/
Thaithea671/
Thaithed671/
Thadthed671/
Ta'ta671/
Tayothee671/
Tasht671/
Tatgi671/
Teatt670/
Tattahey670/
Taety670/
Theatter670/

Tate Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tate in the Marathi language
ताटेtate95.95
तातेtate3.03
तटेtate0.64
ताटॆtate0.1
ताठेtathe0.09
टाटेtate0.07
टटेtate0.03
थाटेthate0.02
ताटेेtatee0.01
ताटtata0.01
तेाटेteate0.01
Tate in the Georgian language
ტატეtate80
თათეtate20
Tate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﺗﻪtath51.92
ﺗﺎﺕtat33.65
ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺕaltat3.85
ﺍﺗﺎﺕatat2.88
ﺗﺖtt2.88
ﺗﺎﺗﻰtaty0.96
ﺗﺘﻪtth0.96
ﺗﺎﺗﻲtaty0.96
Tate in the Hindi language
तातेtate38.46
टाटेtate23.08
ततेtate15.38
त्ाटेtate7.69
टटेtate7.69
तातेड़tatera7.69
Tate in the Oriya language
ଟେଟteta33.33
ତେତteta29.63
ତାେତtaeta18.52
ତାତିtati7.41
ାତୀati3.7
ଟାେଟtaeta3.7
ତେଟteta3.7
Tate in the Russian language
Татеtate-
Tate in the Arabic language
تيتtyt-
تايتtayt-
تاتيtaty-

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