How Many People Have the Last Name Gates?
people had the surname Gates in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,612 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
+1,821 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Gates (75%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Gates ranks #473. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.1% to 75%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gates grew from 50,748 people in 2000 to 52,569 in 2010 (up 3.6%), and its rank fell from #607 to #648. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 18.81 to 17.82 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 50,748 | 52,569 |
| Rank | #607 | #648 |
| Per 100,000 people | 18.81 | 17.82 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gates
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gates: G320
👤 Gates as a First Name
Gates is a first name too: about 457 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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