The McBee surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,011 people carried this name — #5,011 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 7,105 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the McBee surname
Variant of McBeth.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McBee» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
McBee in American newspapers,
1905–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,370 pages in all carry the name.
In print
McBee in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.
57 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McBee. The most, 13, date from the 1910s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McBee.
Who carried it
People named McBee,
with a public archive behind them.
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Silas McBee 1853–1924 · editor -
Louise McBee 1924–2021 · politician
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Pryor McBee 1901–1963 · baseball player
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Hamper McBee 1931–1998
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.
In the public record
People named McBee,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States430 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 286
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 116
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record John H. McBeeBorn 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Sacramento, California; welder from Napa County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Carl Edward McBeeBorn 1942; from Asheville, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, wireman; died in an accident 1965 in Offshore, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Archibald McBeeArrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Ismailia from Glasgow, aged 28; laborer. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 430 records for McBee in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada4 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Sidney Paul McBeeBuried in 1944 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Harvey Elmer McBeeBuried in 1964 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ada McBeeBuried in 1942 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 4 records for McBee in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Australia1 record
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record John McBeeTransported to New South Wales aboard the Royal Admiral, arriving 1835; ticket of leave 1845.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to McBee.
- McAllister 29,544 · U.S. census
- McArdle 5,424 · U.S. census
- McArthur 12,683 · U.S. census
- McAtee 4,739 · U.S. census
- McAuliffe 5,733 · U.S. census
- McAvoy 4,715 · U.S. census
- McBride 63,899 · U.S. census
- McBroom 4,573 · U.S. census
- McCabe 30,401 · U.S. census
- McCafferty 5,147 · U.S. census
- McCaffrey 8,181 · U.S. census
- McCain 19,032 · U.S. census
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