Overview
Tate is an English surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 65.2% of all known bearers of the surname Tate were residents of the United States (1:4,100), 13.9% of India (1:40,721), 8.5% of England (1:4,850), 2.6% of Australia (1:6,843), 1.6% of Canada (1:16,826) and 1.1% of Syria (1:13,112).
In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:4,850) in the following counties:
1. Tyne and Wear (1:1,073)
2. Northumberland (1:1,378)
3. Durham (1:1,404)
4. East Riding of Yorkshire (1:1,623)
5. West Yorkshire (1:1,816)
6. North Yorkshire (1:2,083)
7. Northamptonshire (1:2,447)
8. South Yorkshire (1:3,631)
9. East Sussex (1:3,643)
10. Isle of Wight (1:4,318)
11. Lincolnshire (1:4,460)
12. Nottinghamshire (1:4,481)
13. Norfolk (1:4,516)
14. Cumbria (1:4,564)
15. Suffolk (1:4,619)
16. Hertfordshire (1:4,800)
17. Wiltshire (1:4,813)
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