Tate (surname)

This article is about the surname "Tate". For the given name, see Tate (given name). For other uses, see Tate (disambiguation).

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)

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:4,100) in the following states:

• 1. Mississippi (1:1,128)
• 2. Tennessee (1:1,192)
• 3. Arkansas (1:1,594)
• 4. Louisiana (1:1,609)
• 5. Alabama (1:1,741)
• 6. Oklahoma (1:2,039)
• 7. North Carolina (1:2,154)
• 8. South Carolina (1:2,223)
• 9. Missouri (1:2,261)
• 10. Virginia (1:2,568)
• 11. Georgia (1:2,984)
• 12. Illinois (1:3,258)
• 13. Washington, D.C. (1:3,490)
• 14. West Virginia (1:3,577)
• 15. Maryland (1:3,875)
• 16. Texas (1:3,994)

Notable people with the surname "Tate" include

A

• A. Austin Tate (1894–1943), American football player and coach
• Al Tate (1918–1993), American baseball player
• Alan Tate (born 1982), English football coach
• Albert Tate Jr. (1920–1986), American judge
• Allen Tate (1899–1979), American poet
• Allen Tate (musician) (born 1989), American vocalist
• Andrew Tate (born 1986), British-American kick boxer and Internet personality
• Arthur Tate (born 1939), American state legislator
• Auden Tate (born 1997), American football player
• Austin Tate (born 1951), English professor

B

• Baby Tate (1916–1972), American guitarist
• Baby Tate (rapper) (born 1996), American rapper
• Barbara Tate (1927–2009), British artist
• Ben Tate (born 1988), American football player
• Bennie Tate (1901–1973), American baseball player
• Bill Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Brandon Tate (born 1987), American football player
• Brent Tate (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
• Brian Tate (1921–2011), Northern Irish scholar
• Bruce Tate, American author
• Buddy Tate (1913–2001), American saxophonist

C

• Carnell Tate (born 2005), American football player
• Cassandra Tate (born 1990), American sprinter
• Catherine Tate (born 1969), British comedian and actress
• Cecil Tate (1908–1997), English cricketer
• Charlie Tate (1919–1996), American football player
• Chris Tate (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer
• Christopher G. Tate (born 1964), English biologist
• Claudia Tate (1947–2002), English professor
• Clyde J. Tate II (born 1957), American lawyer
• Cullen Tate (1886–1947), American film director

D

• Danny Tate (born 1955), American musician
• Darren Tate (born 1972), British musician
• Darwin William Tate (1889–1962), American politician
• Davanzo Tate (born 1985), American football player
• David Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Deborah Tate, American politician
• Derek Tate (born 1980), Australian cricketer
• Dillon Tate (born 1994), American baseball player
• Don Tate (born 1963), American author
• Donavan Tate (born 1990), American football player
• Doris Tate (1924–1992), American activist
• Drew Tate (born 1984), American football player

E

• Edward Tate (1877–1953), English cricketer
• Eleanora E. Tate (born 1948), American author
• Elizabeth Tate (1906–1999), American activist
• Emma Tate (voice actress), British voice actress
• Emory Tate (1958–2015), American chess master
• E. Ridsdale Tate (1862–1922), British architect
• Erin Tate, American drummer
• Ernie Tate (1934–2021), Canadian political figure
• Erskine Tate (1895–1978), American violinist
• Ethlyn Tate (born 1966), Jamaican sprinter

F

• Farish Carter Tate (1856–1922), American politician
• Francis Tate (1560–1616), English politician
• Frank Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Tate (1867–1943), English cricketer
• Frederick Tate (disambiguation), multiple people

G

• Geoff Tate (born 1959), American singer
• George Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Georges Tate (1943–2009), French historian
• Gerald J. Tate (born 1954), Northern Irish writer
• Golden Tate (born 1988), American football player
• Grady Tate (1932–2017), American drummer
• Greg Tate, American writer
• Greg Tate (footballer) (1925–2010), Australian rules footballer

H

• Harold Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Homer Tate (1884–1975), American sculptor
• Horace Tate (1922–2002), American educator
• Horacena Tate (born 1956), American politician
• Howard Tate (1939–2011), American singer
• Hughie Tate (1880–1956), American baseball player

I

• Ike Tate (1906–1986), English footballer
• Isobel Addey Tate (1875–1917), Irish doctor

J

• Jack Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jackson Tate (1898–1978), American admiral
• Jae'Sean Tate (born 1995), American basketball player
• Jalen Tate (born 1998), American basketball player
• James Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Janet Tate, South African and American physicist
• Jaylon Tate (born 1995), American basketball player
• Jeff Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeffrey Tate (1943–2017), English conductor
• Jennifer Tate (born 1985), American mixed martial artist
• Jenny Tate (born 1960), Australian swimmer
• Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (born 1968), American composer
• J. Henry Tate (1830–1918), American politician
• Jimmy Tate (1912–1984), Australian rules footballer
• Joan Tate (1922–2000), English translator
• John Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Juanita Tate (1938–2004), American activist
• Juanita Ollie Diffay Tate (1904–1988), American economist
• J. Waddy Tate (1870–1938), American politician

K

• Katherine Tate (born 1962), American political scientist
• Keith Tate (1945–2019), English boxer
• Kellyn Tate (born 1975), American softball player
• Kenny Tate (born 1990), American football player
• Kent Tate, Canadian filmmaker
• Kevin Tate (1943–2018), New Zealand chemist
• Khalil Tate (born 1998), American football player
• Kristin Tate, American political commentator

L

• Larenz Tate (born 1975), American actor
• Lars Tate (1966–2022), American football player
• Lee Tate (born 1932), American baseball player
• Lincoln Tate (1934–2001), American actor
• Lionel Tate (born 1987), American convicted murderer
• Louise Tate (born 1965), English swimmer

M

• Magnus Tate (1767–1823), American lawyer and politician
• Marcia Tate (born 1961), Jamaican sprinter
• Mary Lee Tate (1893–1939), African American painter
• Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate (1871–1930), American evangelist
• Matthew Tate (1837–??), English poet
• Maurice Tate (1895–1956), English cricketer
• Mavis Tate (1893–1947), British politician
• Merze Tate (1905–1996), American professor
• Michael Tate (born 1945), Australian politician
• Mike Tate (born 1995), Canadian runner
• Miesha Tate (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
• Minnie Tate (1857–1899), American singer
• Monk Tate (1934–2020), American racing driver

N

• Nahum Tate (1652–1715), Irish poet
• Nancy Tate, American politician
• Nate Tate (born 1979), American politician
• Ned Tate (1901–1985), English footballer
• Nick Tate (born 1942), Australian actor
• Nikki Tate, Canadian author
• Norman Tate (born 1942), American long and triple jumper
• Norman Tate (entertainer) (1890–1962), New Zealand entertainer

P

• Pamela Tate, New Zealand judge
• Parr Tate (1901–1985), Irish parasitologist
• Patrick Tate (born 1987), American soccer player
• Penfield Tate (1931–1993), American politician
• Penfield Tate III (born 1956), American politician
• Pepsi Tate (1965–2007), Welsh guitarist
• Phil Tate (1922–2005), English dancer
• Phyllis Tate (1911–1987), English composer
• Pop Tate (baseball) (1860–1932), American baseball player

R

• Rachael Tate, British sound editor
• Ralph Tate (1840–1901), British botanist
• Randy Tate (born 1965), American politician
• Randy Tate (baseball) (1952–2021), American baseball player
• Raphael Tate (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
• Reginald Tate (1896–1955), British actor
• Reginald Tate (politician) (1954–2019), American politician
• Robert Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rodney Tate (born 1959), American football player
• Roosevelt Tate (1911–1968), American baseball player

S

• Samuel McDowell Tate (1830–1897), Confederate colonel and American businessman
• Saxon Tate (1931–2012), English businessman
• Sharon Tate (1943–1969), American actress
• Sheila Tate, American secretary
• Shirley Anne Tate (born 1956), Jamaican sociologist
• Skatemaster Tate (1959–2015), American musician
• Sonja Tate (born 1971), American basketball player
• Stanley G. Tate (born 1928), American real estate developer
• Stephen Tate, British actor
• Stu Tate (born 1962), American baseball player
• Syd Tate (1925–2015), Australian rules footballer

T

• Tanya Tate (born 1979), English model
• Tavaris Tate (born 1990), American sprinter
• Terry Tate (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
• Thomas Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tim Tate, American glass sculptor
• Tommy Tate (born 1956), American football coach
• Tommy Tate (musician) (1945–2017), American singer-songwriter
• Troy Tate, English musician
• Tristan Tate (born 1988), British-American Internet personality

W

• Walter Tate (1863–1946), English cricketer
• Warren Tate, New Zealand biochemist
• Will Tate (born 2001), English rugby league footballer
• William Tate (disambiguation), multiple people
• Willis M. Tate (1912–1989), American academic administrator
• Willy Tate (born 1972), American football player

Z

• Zouch Tate (1606–1650), English politician

Fictional characters

• Carla Tate, a character on the movie The Other Sister
• Chris Tate, a character on the soap opera Emmerdale
• Heck Tate, a character in the book To Kill a Mockingbird
• Kim Tate, a character in the soap opera Emmerdale
• Schuyler Tate, a character in Power Rangers S.P.D.
• Zoe Tate, a character on the soap opera Emmerdale

See also

• Tata (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Tata"
• Tate, a disambiguation page for "Tate"
• Tate (given name), a page for people with the given name "Tate"
• Tait (surname), a page for people with the surname "Tait"
• Tait (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Tait"
• Senator Tate (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for Senators surnamed "Tate"