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    The surname Mee

    A French patronymic surname, carried by 2,191 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M000

    Mee: #13,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mee #13,798, 2,191 people Mee: #13,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mee #13,798, 2,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mee is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    * As an English surname, from the archaic noun mee (“physician”). Compare Mayer, Myer. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), from miadhach (“honorable”). Compare Meehan, McNamee. * As a rare French surname (Mée), from placenames such as Le Mée-sur-Seine, from Old French meis (“farmstead”), from Latin mansus. * (Lunar crater): Named after Scottish British astronomer Arthur Butler Phillips Mee

    Mee is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,191 people named Mee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,915 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,170.

    #13,798
    rank among US surnames
    2,191
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,959)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
    #13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851
    #13,798Fassett2,191140,915
    #13,806Mizrahi2,190140,980

    Who is named Mee

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

    87% of people named Mee identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mees

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Mee
      British botanical artist (1909-1988)
    • Darnell Mee
      Australian basketball player (born 1971)

    Notable Mees come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mee

    Mee has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mee come from?
    * As an English surname, from the archaic noun mee (“physician”). Compare Mayer, Myer. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), from miadhach (“honorable”). Compare Meehan, McNamee. * As a rare French surname (Mée), from placenames such as Le Mée-sur-Seine,…
    How common is the surname Mee?
    2,191 people in the United States had the surname Mee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,915 Americans. It ranked 13,798th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mee?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Mee?
    Margaret Mee, British botanical artist (1909-1988), followed by Darnell Mee.
    Where is the surname Mee most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mee in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    What type of surname is Mee?
    Mee is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mee getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,191 in 2010, up 1.0%.