How common is the surname Nee?

3,000 people in the United States had the surname Nee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. It ranked 10,663rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nee?

In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Nee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Nee getting more or less common?

More common. 2,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,000 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Nee

A surname, carried by 3,000 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nee is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,000 people named Nee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,857.

#10,663

rank among US surnames

3,000

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #10,330)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,657	Holz	3,002	102,847
#10,662	Bogdan	3,001	102,881
#10,663	Nee	3,000	102,915
#10,668	Troupe	2,999	102,949
#10,671	Bolivar	2,997	103,018

Who is named Nee

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

79% of people named Nee identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Asian and Pacific Islander 15%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nee

Nee has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

Questions

How common is the surname Nee?: 3,000 people in the United States had the surname Nee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. It ranked 10,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nee?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Nee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Nee getting more or less common?: More common. 2,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,000 in 2010, up 5.0%.