# Wee (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 228,193 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (1,295 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wee 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) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 72% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wee in Singapore.

## People named Wee

- Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

## Similar surnames

Wei, Wu, Way, Woo, Wah, Wai.

## 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.