# Agee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/agee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,857 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,304 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,437 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (10,595 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Agee in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Agee in the United States.

## People named Agee

- James Agee, American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)
- Steve Agee, American actor and writer
- Tommie Agee, American baseball player (1942–2001)
- Arthur Agee, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Ash, Askew, Aguayo, Ashe, Asay, Ahuja, Aoki, Ake, Akey, Ajayi, Azua, Ace.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.