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    The surname Rhee

    A Korean surname, carried by 4,071 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R000

    Rhee: #8,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rhee #8,141, 4,071 people Rhee: #8,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rhee #8,141, 4,071 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rhee is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,071 people named Rhee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,840 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,463.

    #8,141
    rank among US surnames
    4,071
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,733)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,137Jerez4,07475,784
    #8,138Krupa4,07375,803
    #8,139Weekley4,07275,822
    #8,141Stroman4,07175,840
    #8,144Heiman4,07075,859

    Who is named Rhee

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

    92% of people named Rhee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Rhees

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Phillip Rhee
      American actor, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rhee

    Rhee has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rhee come from?
    For the surname, borrowed from Korean 이 (i). Doublet of Lee.
    How common is the surname Rhee?
    4,071 people in the United States had the surname Rhee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,840 Americans. It ranked 8,141st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rhee?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rhee identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rhee?
    Phillip Rhee, American actor.
    Where is the surname Rhee most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rhee in the United States.
    Is the surname Rhee getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,071 in 2010, up 18%.