How Many People Have the Last Name Bates?
people had the surname Bates in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,085 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,879 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Bates (75.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Bates ranks #231. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Bates grew from 93,743 people in 2000 to 95,622 in 2010 (up 2%), and its rank fell from #293 to #325. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 34.75 to 32.42 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 93,743 | 95,622 |
| Rank | #293 | #325 |
| Per 100,000 people | 34.75 | 32.42 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Bates
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Bates: B320
👤 Bates as a First Name
Bates is a first name too: about 114 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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