Gates Family History
Gates Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gates Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gates families
 385 - 767  129 - 384 |
 1 - 128  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gates families
|
589 - 1,176 197 - 588 |
1 - 196 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gates families
|
18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gates Family Origin
Gates Immigration Information
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Gates Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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