How common is the surname Gee?

23,241 people in the United States had the surname Gee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,285 Americans. It ranked 1,547th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gee?

In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Gee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Gee?

Alonzo Gee, American basketball player (born 1987), followed by Dillon Gee.

Where is the surname Gee most common?

Wikidata records people named Gee in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

How do you pronounce Gee?

Gee is /ˈd͡ʒiː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gee getting more or less common?

Less common. 23,826 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,241 in 2010, down 2.5%.

Is Gee also a first name?

Yes. Gee 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 Gee

A surname, carried by 23,241 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiː/ 1 syllable Soundex G000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gee is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Northern English surname of debated meaning.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,241 people named Gee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,285 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,826.

#1,547

rank among US surnames

23,241

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,538	Driscoll	23,385	13,203
#1,539	Dubois	23,366	13,213
#1,540	Feldman	23,356	13,219
#1,541	Coker	23,348	13,224
#1,542	Dickey	23,320	13,240
#1,543	Pollock	23,310	13,245
#1,544	Kimball	23,293	13,255

Who is named Gee

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

54% of people named Gee identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gees

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alonzo Gee
American basketball player (born 1987)
Dillon Gee
American baseball player, born 1986
Robbie Gee
British actor, born 1970
Kate Grenville
Australian writer and teacher of creative writing, born 1950

Notable Gees come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gee

Gee has the Soundex code G000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G000.

Questions

Where does the surname Gee come from?: Northern English surname of debated meaning.
How common is the surname Gee?: 23,241 people in the United States had the surname Gee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,285 Americans. It ranked 1,547th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gee?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Gee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Gee?: Alonzo Gee, American basketball player (born 1987), followed by Dillon Gee.
Where is the surname Gee most common?: Wikidata records people named Gee in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Gee?: Gee is /ˈd͡ʒiː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gee getting more or less common?: Less common. 23,826 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,241 in 2010, down 2.5%.
Is Gee also a first name?: Yes. Gee 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.