as a Last Name
- 7,890
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wingate
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern English: habitational name from any of various place so called, for example Wingate in County Durham or Wingates in Northumberland, named in Old English as windgeat ‘wind gate’, i.e. a place where the wind howls through a narrow pass or gap.
| 3,908th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,890
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Wingate per capita
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