Popularity of the last name by country

New Zealand

• Canterbury (1,423)
• Auckland (1,313)
• Otago (934)
• Wellington (621)
• Manawatu Wanganui (327)
• Taranaki (184)
• Southland (153)
• Waikato (141)
• Nelson (133)
• Bay of Plenty (75)
• Gisborne (68)
• West Coast (63)
• Marlborough (44)
• Northland (25)
• Tasman (1)

All countries

• United Kingdom (212,492)
• United States (158,082)
• Australia (8,409)
• New Zealand (5,556)
• Ireland (5,273)
• Canada (4,248)
• Unknown country (3,649)
• France (3,254)
• Germany (836)
• Netherlands (796)
• Switzerland (643)
• Belgium (294)
• Italy (287)
• Spain (194)
• Mexico (176)
• Colombia (152)
• India (105)
• China (71)
• Argentina (67)
• Austria (67)
• Brazil (66)
• South Africa (55)
• Turkey (54)
• Philippines (53)
• Russian Federation (53)
• Cuba (51)
• Greece (49)
• Samoa (48)
• Hungary (45)
• Lebanon (45)
• Peru (45)
• Sweden (43)
• Indonesia (33)
• Panama (32)
• Poland (31)
• Paraguay (31)
• Egypt (29)
• Jamaica (29)
• Singapore (29)
• Norway (27)

Origine of last name

BATES : 1: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bate">Bate</a> with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.2: Americanized form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Betz">Betz</a>. See also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Betts">Betts</a>.