Surname ゲイツ (Gates 
, Gaetz 
, ゲイツ) , around the globe, is a common last name. The cognomen ゲイツ is characteristic of Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, and New Zealand. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, ゲイツ is the forename as well as the last name.