The Gee surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,241 people carried this name — #1,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 23,826 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gee surname
Northern English surname of debated meaning.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gee» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Gee.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 75 people named Gee live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Gee live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in San Juan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Gee live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Gee is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Gee in American newspapers,
1866–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,263,441 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gee,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philippa Gee 1707–1786 -
William Gee d. 1745
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William Gee d. 1718 · politician
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William Gee 1561–1611 · politician
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Orlando Gee 1620–1705 · politician
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Richard Gee 1656–1678
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gee.
- Geber 185 · U.S. census
- Gebert 1,361 · U.S. census
- Gebhard 1,818 · U.S. census
- Gebhardt 4,981 · U.S. census
- Gebhart 3,367 · U.S. census
- Gedeon 1,675 · U.S. census
- Geenen 336 · U.S. census
- Geers 1,030 · U.S. census
- Geerts 577 · U.S. census
- Geffre 653 · U.S. census
- Gehan 216 · U.S. census
- Gehant 123 · U.S. census
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