# Yee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/yee/  
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 Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,591 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,740 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (19,483 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Yee 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) | 5.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 84% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 7.0% |

## Similar surnames

Ye, Yeh, Yeo, Yu, Yi, Yoo, Yao, You, Yau, Yoho, Yow, Yohe.

## 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.