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The surname Scates was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, and gave their name to the village of Skeoch near Mauchline, the setting for many of Robert Burns poems.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Scates research. Another 64 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1507, 1522, 1533 and 1686 are included under the topic Early Scates History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Skeoch, Skewych, Skeach and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Scates Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Scates is the 10,303rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Skeach arrived in Philadelphia in 1877.