Tate (surname)

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)

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