# Hee (surname)

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

A surname from Dutch

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,157 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 266,850 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.6% (1,200 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Hee.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hee 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) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 56% |
| Two or more races | 13% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hee in the United States and Singapore.

## People named Hee

- T. Hee, American animator, director and teacher (1911–1988)
- Terry Hee, badminton player

## Similar surnames

He, Hey, Heo, Ho, Howe, Hu, Hay, Ha, Huey, Hoy, Hua, Hui.

## 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.