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Family name Amate (Amate , Amater ) , all over the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen Amate is characteristic of Spain, where it is quite a rare surname, Israel, and Cameroon, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Spain, and Philippines. Very seldom, Amate is the forename as well as the last name.