Tate is an English surname. == Geographical distribution == As of 2014, 65.2% of all known bearers of the surname Tate were residents of the United States (1:4,100), 13.9% of India (1:40,721), 8.5% of England (1:4,850), 2.6% of Australia (1:6,843), 1.6% of Canada (1:16,826) and 1.1% of Syria (1:13,112). In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:4,850) in the following counties: In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:4,100) in th…