Family name パテ (Putty 
, パテ 
, Pâté 
) , in the entire world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen パテ is habitual in Mauritius, where it is quite a common surname, Indonesia, where it is a rare surname, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Indonesia, and India. Likewise, パテ is the forename as well as the last name.