How common is the last name Cates?

17,441 people in the United States have the last name Cates, about 1 in 17,138. It ranks #2,024 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

CATES

#2,024

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,441
About
1 in 17,138
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,441 people with the last name Cates, 82.9% reported their origin as White, 7% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Cates

1 other last name also has 17,441 people.

#2,024 Grover · 17,441

Either side of Cates

#2,022 Putnam · 17,473#2,023 Addison · 17,465#2,024 Grover · 17,441#2,026 Woody · 17,436

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cates, most common first.

#55,187 Catts · 402

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