# Surtees (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/surtees/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 195 |
| US rank (2010) | 93,921 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,583,310 people |
| Change since 2000 | +31% (149 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɝ.tiz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from an unidentified place, from Old French sur (“on, upon, above”) + Tees (“a river in England”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Surtees 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Surtees in the United States.

## People named Surtees

- Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (1906-1985)
- Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer

## Similar surnames

Schwartz, Swartz, Sowards, Swartzentruber, Swords, Shorts, Serratos, Swarts, Schwartzman, Shurtz, Schwartzkopf.

## 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.