The Ates surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,398 people carried this name — #19,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,225 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
455 people named Ates live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 289 people named Ates live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Ates.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
26 people named Ates have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 164 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Ates live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
167 people named Ates are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ates,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roscoe Ates 1895–1962 · actor -
Ceren Ateş 1980– · basketball player
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Sara Gille 1981– · politician
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Filip Ates 2004– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ates.
- Ast 1,113 · U.S. census
- Aste 211 · U.S. census
- Astolfi 224 · U.S. census
- Astor 807 · U.S. census
- Atallah 933 · U.S. census
- Atamian 402 · U.S. census
- Atia 267 · U.S. census
- Atienza 1,777 · U.S. census
- Atik 158 · U.S. census
- Atkinson 53,376 · U.S. census
- Attal 265 · U.S. census
- Attanasio 1,150 · U.S. census
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