The Tate surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 71,058 people carried this name — #467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,150 people counted. That is up 6% from 67,208 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 36 births for the Tate name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Tait.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 235 people named Tate.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Allier.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 117 people named Tate 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 print
Tate in American newspapers,
1903–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Tate,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Tate d. 1515 · politician
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Bartholomew Tate d. 1601 · politician
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Margaret Tate d. 2023 · historian
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Henry W. Tate d. 1914
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William Tate d. 1540
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John Tate d. 1507
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tate.
When the index is not enough
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