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The cate Surname

cate Name Meaning and History

English: unexplained.
Possibly from one of the many variants of Dutch kat ‘cat’. See also Kath, Catt.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of cate Families in the US in 1920

Number of cate families

88-174

30-87

1-29

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Cate Emigration	Matthew Cate	6
Tennessee Cate family of Sevier Co.	Carey Woods	19
C. C. Cate of the 1860 McMinn Co. Census	David L. Cates	12
James Cate - Portsmouth late 1600s	wcatesjr_1	1
CATE Dorothy K 1914-1970	t42MountOlivet	0
CATE A J 1918-1976	t42MountOlivet	0
CATE Howard H 1916-1991	t42MountOlivet	0
CATE Mildred T 1921-1993	t42MountOlivet	0
Cate Families of WI and NH	Daniel Cate Seaver	13
Mary J Cate married to Fredrick Lummer	lilacresfarm	1

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