How common is the surname Fee?

6,453 people in the United States had the surname Fee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. It ranked 5,394th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fee?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Fee?

Melinda O. Fee, American actress (1942-2020), followed by Gordon Fee.

Where is the surname Fee most common?

Wikidata records people named Fee in the United States.

Is the surname Fee getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,453 in 2010, down 3.5%.

Is Fee also a first name?

Yes. Fee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fee

A surname, carried by 6,453 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fee is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,453 people named Fee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. That is down 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,687.

#5,394

rank among US surnames

6,453

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,819)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823
#5,390	Weil	6,455	47,830
#5,393	Deane	6,454	47,838
#5,394	Ingalls	6,453	47,845
#5,396	Blanchette	6,452	47,853

Who is named Fee

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

92% of people named Fee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fees

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melinda O. Fee
American actress (1942-2020)
Gordon Fee
American bible scholar (1934–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fee

Fee has the Soundex code F000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F000.

Questions

How common is the surname Fee?: 6,453 people in the United States had the surname Fee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. It ranked 5,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fee?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fee?: Melinda O. Fee, American actress (1942-2020), followed by Gordon Fee.
Where is the surname Fee most common?: Wikidata records people named Fee in the United States.
Is the surname Fee getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,453 in 2010, down 3.5%.
Is Fee also a first name?: Yes. Fee is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.