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  1. Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables: Hindu (Brahman) name found among the Konkanasth Brahmans, from Sanskrit data ‘donor’.
  2. Japanese: habitational name from a place called Idate in Mutsu (now Aomori) prefecture. They were a great samurai family descended from the northern Fujiwara clan.

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Distribution of date Families in the US in 1920
Number of date families
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