How common is the surname Chee?

4,973 people in the United States had the surname Chee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chee?

Alexander Chee, American writer.

Where is the surname Chee most common?

Wikidata records people named Chee in the United States.

Is the surname Chee getting more or less common?

More common. 4,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Chee

A Navajo surname, carried by 4,973 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chee is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Navajo origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,973 people named Chee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,477.

#6,784

rank among US surnames

4,973

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084
#6,787	Hyder	4,971	62,109
#6,788	Coston	4,969	62,134

Who is named Chee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

51% of people named Chee identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as two or more races.

American Indian and Alaska Native 51%
Asian and Pacific Islander 36%
Two or more races 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Famous Chees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Chee
American writer, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chee

Chee has the Soundex code C000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C000.

Questions

Where does the surname Chee come from?: Borrowed from Navajo Chee, Hokkien 徐 (Chhî), Cantonese 朱 (zyu1), etc.
How common is the surname Chee?: 4,973 people in the United States had the surname Chee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chee?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Chee identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Chee?: Alexander Chee, American writer.
Where is the surname Chee most common?: Wikidata records people named Chee in the United States.
Is the surname Chee getting more or less common?: More common. 4,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 11%.