Yeats Surname
Approximately 2,848 people bear this surname
Yeats 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.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,119 | 1:323,913 | 29,495 |
| England | 495 | 1:112,562 | 11,582 |
| Scotland | 411 | 1:13,026 | 1,716 |
| Australia | 248 | 1:108,854 | 12,149 |
| Canada | 238 | 1:154,813 | 15,712 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 1:55,905 | 8,836 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Gibraltar | 16 | 1:2,122 | 483 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 33 | 1:134,238 | 7,606 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 478 | 1:50,994 | 6,193 |
| Scotland | 351 | 1:10,664 | 1,334 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 216 | 1:232,494 | 19,571 |
Yeats (39) may also be a first name.
Yeats 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.
A variant of Yate and Yeatman.
1713. Married — John Yeats and Ann Davis: St. George, Hanover Square.
1760. — John Baynom and Ann Yeates: ibid.
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.
(North.) = Yates, q.v.
The famous family of Yeats, which had formerly been in Dublin, settled in Co. Sligo at the end of the seventeenth century. There are a number of families of Yates and Yeates elsewhere unconnected with them. IF 304
See 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.
Yeats Demographics
Average Male Yeats Height
178.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Yeats Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeats Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeats is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeats? popularity and diffusion
It is the 154,193rd most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,558,829 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Yeats live; 44 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name globally, borne by 39 people.
Yeats is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,119 people, or 1 in 323,913. In The United States Yeats is mostly found in: Texas, where 25 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 6 percent are found and Washington, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States Yeats is found in 33 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Scotland, where 14 percent are found.
Yeats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yeats has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yeats surname grew 518 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 9 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yeats Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (42%) in Ireland.
In The United States Yeats are 14.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.75% registered with the party.
The amount Yeats earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 2.92% more than the national average, earning 356,171 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.1% less than the national average, earning R 235,020 per year; in United States they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning $43,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.39% less than the national average, earning $47,504 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeatts | 91 | 2,440 | / |
| Yeatsh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yeatzs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yeas | 89 | 30 | / |
| Yeat | 89 | 17 | / |
| Ayeatse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yueatts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yeaatts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yeast | 80 | 484 | / |
| Yeash | 80 | 27 | / |
| Yeate | 80 | 10 | / |
| Yehat | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hyeat | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yeadt | 80 | 5 | / |
| Yeatt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yehas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yeath | 80 | 2 | / |
| Yejat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yeahs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yease | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yeasp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yeyts | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yaeat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iyets | 80 | 1 | / |
| Geats | 80 | 0 | / |
| O'Yeatts | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yeaste | 73 | 23 | / |
| Yeyate | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yawets | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yaheat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yayots | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyceat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yayets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geyats | 73 | 1 | / |
| Joyats | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geyets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeap | 67 | 13,638 | / |
| Yeah | 67 | 2,146 | / |
| Yeha | 67 | 1,556 | / |
| Yead | 67 | 546 | / |
| Geas | 67 | 321 | / |
| Yeos | 67 | 253 | / |
| Geat | 67 | 93 | / |
| Ejat | 67 | 51 | / |
| Iyet | 67 | 49 | / |
| Jeat | 67 | 41 | / |
| Yeau | 67 | 23 | / |
| Yeea | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ayseyat | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yeot | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ieas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yeaz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eots | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeathch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeyetse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oytehat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youetse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajeates | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieat | 67 | 1 | / |
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