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Gates

in North Carolina

There are 1,147 people with the last name "Gates" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Gates 952
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  1. is 948th most common Fernandez
  2. is 949th most common Eudy
  3. is 950th most common Hager
  4. is 951st most common Whitt
  5. is 952nd most common Gates
  6. is 953rd most common Whitehurst
  7. is 954th most common Eubanks
  8. is 955th most common Minton
  9. is 956th most common Mcconnell

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gatewood, Gately, Gateley, Gater, Gatesy, Gatens, Gatesman, Gatenby, Gate, Gaters

Most Common First Names for Gates

Robert, James, Michael, Charles, William, David, Donna, George, Patricia, Jennifer

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town. The Middle English singular gate is from the Old English plural, gatu, of geat ‘gate’ (see Yates). Since medieval gates were normally arranged in pairs, fastened in the center, the Old English plural came to function as a singular, and a new Middle English plural ending in -s was formed. In some cases the name may refer specifically to the Sussex place Eastergate (i.e. ‘eastern gate’), known also as Gates in the 13th and 14th centuries, when surnames were being acquired.

Americanized spelling of German Götz (see Goetz).

Translated form of French Barrière (see Barriere).

FOREBEARS In New England, Gates was the preferred English version of the name of an extensive French family, called Barrière dit Langevin. Horatio Gates, a British military officer born in Maldon, England, in about 1728, fought on the colonial side in the American Revolution, settled in VA after the war, and died in NY.

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