# 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)

## Notable people with the surname "Tate" include

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### 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