# Dee (surname)

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

A surname of multiple origins.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,275 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,535 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,202 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (6,144 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /diː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dee 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 10% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dee in the United States, the Kingdom of England, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dee

- John Dee, 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
- Sandra Dee, American actress and model (1942–2005)
- Ruby Dee, American actress (1922–2014)
- Frances Dee, American actress (1909–2004)
- Aisha Dee, Australian actress
- Don Dee, American basketball player (1943–2014)
- Janie Dee, British actress
- Jeff Dee, American artist
- Nyomi Banxxx, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Dew, Dey, Deo, Dea, De, Dewey, Day, Do, Dye, Dow, Dao, Du.

## 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.