as a Last Name
- 59,126
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Yates
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a walled town, or a metonymic occupational name for a gatekeeper.
| 474th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 59,126
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Yates per capita
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