# Chee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chee/  
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 | Navajo |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,973 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,784 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,084 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (4,477 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Navajo Chee, Hokkien 徐 (Chhî), Cantonese 朱 (zyu1), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chee 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) | 3.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 36% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 51% |
| Two or more races | 5.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chee in the United States.

## People named Chee

- Alexander Chee, American writer

## Similar surnames

Chew, Choe, Chea, Chae, Che, Cohee, Choi, Cho, Chu, Cao, Coe, Chow.

## 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.