Yate Surname
Approximately 12,407 people bear this surname
Yate Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate.' Middle English gate, yate. Monosyllabic local surnames frequently take a final 's', perhaps the patronymic, as in Williams, Jennings, &c.; compare Stubbs, Styles, Stones, Bridges, Brooks.
Read More About This SurnameYate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 10,801 | 1:4,423 | 692 |
| Senegal | 342 | 1:42,630 | 753 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Ivory Coast | 172 | 1:134,135 | 6,466 |
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Philippines | 113 | 1:895,913 | 81,345 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Venezuela | 43 | 1:702,420 | 11,917 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 104 | 1:234,379 | 17,485 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Yaté (6) are calculated separately.
Yate (4,025) may also be a first name.
Yate Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the gate.' Middle English gate, yate. Monosyllabic local surnames frequently take a final 's', perhaps the patronymic, as in Williams, Jennings, &c.; compare Stubbs, Styles, Stones, Bridges, Brooks. Hence Yates for Yate. 'Gate (oryate), porta Joris': Promptorium Parvulorum Other forms of this surname are Yeatts, Yeates, and Yeats, which see. Evidently the two following names were closely related:
1606. Laurence Yate, of Nether Darwen: Wills at Chester.
1608. Laurence Yates, of Blackburn: ibid.
No doubt the family were known indifferently as Yate or Yates.
William atte Yete, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Batin atte Yete, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Richard atte Yate, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Johannes atte Yate, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire p. '34.
Of local origin from one or more small places of the name meaning, "at the gate," from Old English geat, ME. yate. "A final s is not uncommon in surnames derived from topographical features, and may be either the plural formation or genitive case ending, but it is not possible to say which from inspection," or, again, it may be "a meaningless excrescence, the addition of a terminal sibilant being not uncommon with uncultured people" (Ewen, p. 251). Adam del Yate was juror on an inquisition held at Lochmaben in 1347 (Bain, III, 1499), John Yet held a land in Arbroath in 1425 (RAA., II, 93), Johannes ȝett, capellanus de Vasthall, died 1479 (REA., I, p. 218), William Yet appears as church elder for Fortrie in 1607 (Mair, p. 61), and Agnas Yatts is recorded in the parish of Falkirk in 1681 (Torphichen). An ancient family in Teviotdale were the Yetts of Yetton. John Yetts, wright in Edinburgh, 1722 (Guildry, p. 126). Yeatt 1688.
(English) Dweller at a Gate [Middle English yat(e, yet(e, yeat(e,.O.E. geat, a gate, opening] Henry del Yate.—Chesh. Chmbrlns.’ Accts., A.D. 1303-4.
William atte Yate.—do. do. do., A.D. 1347-S.
William atte Yete.—Soms. Subsidy-Roll, A.D. 1327.
For other wey is fro the yate non.—Chaucer, Troil. & Cris., ii. 617.
And whan they came to kyng Adlands hall, Untill the fayre hall yate.—‘King Estmere’: Percy’s Reliques.
Sperre [fasten] the yate fast for feare of fraude.—Spenser, The Shepheards Cal. (May).
Cp. Yates.
1. In some dialects, Y and G are convertible letters, and a gate is called a yate or yat: —
An old word for Gate. The same as Gates.
A location name in Gloucestershire.
Yate Demographics
Average Yate Salary in
United States
$29,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yate (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺕ, Hindi: याते, Marathi: इ-याटे, Oriya: ଯାେତ) occurs in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Yaté. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yate? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,099th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 587,374 people. The last name Yate occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Yate live; 87 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 110,015th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 4,025 people.
The last name Yate is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 10,801 people, or 1 in 4,423. In Colombia Yate is primarily found in: Tolima Department, where 35 percent are found, Capital District, where 32 percent are found and Cundinamarca Department, where 7 percent are found. Besides Colombia it exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 3 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent are found.
Yate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yate has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 253 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yate Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Yate surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Yate surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.25% being registered with the party.
The amount Yate earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 9.48% less than the national average, earning $20,551,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 30.96% less than the national average, earning $29,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yate in the Hindi language | ||
| याते | yate | - |
| Yate in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାେତ | yaeta | - |
| Yate in the Marathi language | ||
| इ-याटे | i-yate | 47.44 |
| यते | yate | 28.21 |
| याटे | yate | 21.79 |
| यटे | yate | 2.56 |
| Yate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﺕ | yat | 47.06 |
| ﻳﺎﺗﻪ | yath | 35.29 |
| ﻳﺎﺗﻰ | yaty | 11.76 |
| ﻳﺎﺗﻲ | yaty | 5.88 |
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