Last Name GATES

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Meaning Local: At the gate, from residence thereby. Also, from Old French 'waite, gaite,' a guard, a watcher, a sentinel. Hence the Christmas waits.
Local: Gate, in Scotland, means a road or way.
Origin English, Jewish, Spanish, French, Irish, South african

Rank 607 (2000 US census) 511 (1990 US census)
Count 50,748 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.13%, or 39142 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.66%, or 9470 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 244 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.71%, or 360 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.49%, or 756 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.52%, or 771 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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