The Hee surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,157 people carried this name — #22,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,200 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hee surname
Borrowed from Puxian Min 許 /许 (hy³).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hee» (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 412 people named Hee.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Orne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Hee 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 Córdoba.
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 Hee live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Who carried it
People named Hee,
with a public archive behind them.
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Søren Hee 1706–1756 · physician
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Christen Hee 1712–1782 · mathematician
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Jørgen Hee 1714–1788 · bishop
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T. Hee 1911–1988 · screenwriter
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Hans Hee 1924–2009 · writer
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Inger Hee 1946– · nurse
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hee.
- Hecker 5,260 · U.S. census
- Heckler 2,590 · U.S. census
- Heckmann 742 · U.S. census
- Hector 4,387 · U.S. census
- Hede 186 · U.S. census
- Hedin 1,470 · U.S. census
- Heer 2,007 · U.S. census
- Hegedus 1,704 · U.S. census
- Heger 1,977 · U.S. census
- Heguy 112 · U.S. census
- Hegy 156 · U.S. census
- Hehn 867 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hee is.
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