Bee Surname

1,870th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Laos

Bee Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the bee,' an industrious man, a busy woman, (a) Bapt. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bee, still in use.

Alicia Bee, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Bee, 1447: Northumberland and Durham: Welford's History of Newcastle and Gateshead.

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Bee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India214,6331:3,574338
Laos27,9621:23684
Pakistan15,4331:11,575821
United States6,8831:52,6606,332
Malaysia3,9491:7,469907
England3,5471:15,7092,296
Ghana3,1171:8,6691,179
Myanmar1,9831:26,192466
Australia1,4361:18,7992,612
Singapore1,0961:5,025340
Liberia1,0881:4,052509
Tanzania8861:59,7546,421
France8561:77,59710,908
Indonesia7871:168,04216,305
Brazil7431:288,12211,092
Canada6401:57,5716,801
Vietnam6301:147,057849
Nigeria6091:290,87516,329
Germany5761:139,76616,949
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
Italy4311:141,89522,480
Papua New Guinea4111:19,8392,077
Thailand3571:197,86732,755
Fiji3141:2,848493
Brunei2461:1,702325
United Arab Emirates2241:40,9034,248
Argentina2051:208,50417,193
Switzerland2001:41,0655,786
South Africa1901:285,14627,904
Scotland1851:28,9403,034
China1651:8,286,797558
Wales1521:20,3592,157
New Zealand1501:30,1895,269
Philippines1481:684,04270,291
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
Mexico1161:1,070,05313,627
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Netherlands901:187,63526,551
Cameroon721:288,45927,220
Botswana611:35,8517,015
Qatar531:44,4914,459
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Iran281:2,742,23386,474
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Taiwan191:1,233,9348,385
Equatorial Guinea161:70,980225
Japan141:9,131,73544,780
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Israel131:658,28045,106
Panama131:300,9437,078
Cambodia121:1,290,5965,991
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Trinidad and Tobago111:123,9987,543
Norway101:514,22941,629
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Swaziland91:144,244719
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Zambia81:1,981,24032,669
Finland71:785,24338,644
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Mauritius61:215,5708,537
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Jamaica51:573,98910,196
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Macau41:150,408604
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Bhutan31:205,3461,091
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Solomon Islands31:193,34319,495
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Belize21:177,7373,502
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tonga11:107,313791
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5871:15,3592,277
Scotland931:40,2503,051
Wales81:196,0527,186
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1401:44,0515,110

The alternate forms: Bée (44) are calculated separately.

Bee (125,955) may also be a first name.

Bee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the bee,' an industrious man, a busy woman, (a) Bapt. 'the son of Beatrice,' from the nick. Bee, still in use.

Alicia Bee, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Bee, 1447: Northumberland and Durham: Welford's History of Newcastle and Gateshead.

1587. Baptised — William, son of Agnes Bee: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1507. Edward Bee and Margery Pyke: Marriage Lic. (London).

1745. Married —John Bee and Elizabeth White: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 a nickname from the Bee. [Old English beó] Nicholas le Be.—Plac. Dom. Cap. Westm.

2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Beág(a. [Old English beág, ring, bracelet, crown]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably allusive to the industry of the original bearer, or the sign of his shop.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Anglo-Saxon by, bye, a dwelling, habitation; Scottish, by, a village, hamlet; Danish, by, a city, town, borough. Hence Bradbee, Summerbee, &c.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Dutch, Bie, Bye; from the Old Norse, Bui; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bee: This occurs but rarely as a surname, yet the busy bee must assuredly have served as a sign. The bee was perhaps obscured by the hive. Abeille is the French for a bee, whence the names Able and Abeillard, condensed into Ballard.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Bee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bee Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bee (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺪ, Hindi: बी, Oriya: େବଏ, Tibetan: བི་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bée. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,870th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 24,885 people. The last name Bee is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Bee are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bee is also the 8,242nd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 125,955 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 214,633 people, or 1 in 3,574. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 52 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 42 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 3 percent are found. Besides India this surname exists in 149 countries. It is also common in Laos, where 10 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 percent are found.

Bee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bee surname grew 604 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (43%) in Ireland and Orthodox (78%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Bee surname are 5.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.76% registered with the political party.

The amount Bee earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 160.04% more than the national average, earning 899,932 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.72% more than the national average, earning R 398,556 per year; in United States they earn 5.47% less than the national average, earning $40,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.23% more than the national average, earning $52,282 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bée8944/
Beer8663,944/
Beye8642,934/
Bees862,565/
Beje861,415/
Beez861,199/
Beet861,169/
Bhee86942/
Beed86767/
Beej86211/
Beie86132/
Beea8657/
Beep8634/
Bețe8628/
Beeß8624/
Be'e8614/
Beue8612/
Beșe865/
Beae864/
Hbee861/
Beey861/
Beee861/
Be80172,234/
Beech7519,546/
Beets755,308/
Bayee751,405/
Beije75616/
Beğer75546/
Bajee75473/
Boyee75467/
Bejeh75317/
Beyed75217/
Beyes75212/
Beest75184/
Beyee75149/
Beeja75137/
Biyee75130/
Beyet75116/
Bheje7593/
Bejie7587/
Baiee7578/
Bieye7572/
Bheer7564/
Begie7563/
Beeya7561/
Beeds7559/
Beyeh7558/
Bowee7551/
Beeyo7548/
Beihe7543/
Beșea7543/
Bheye7540/
Begge7539/
Bouee7538/
Bujee7532/
Beezs7530/
Buyee7527/
Hbeye7523/
Behye7522/
Bejee7522/
Be'er7519/
Behea7517/
Beeyi7517/
Beeye7517/
Beedh7515/
Bhehe7513/
Bojee7511/
Beerh759/
Beiez758/
Beesh757/
Boeie757/
Beïje757/
Beeyh757/
Beeji756/
Beied756/
Bheed756/
Ba'ee756/
Bawee756/
Bheet755/
Beerr755/
B'Eye754/
Bheep754/
Bijee754/
Beeaa754/
Beyhe753/
Beiet753/
Beïhe753/
Beett753/
Beuie752/
Beyie752/
Beÿer752/
Beeje752/
Behej751/
Beeas751/
Beess751/
Bheae751/
Bhees751/
Bieje751/
Beđet751/
Booee751/
Beioe751/
Beyje751/
Bauee751/
Hbeed751/
Beies751/
Bejez751/
Boiee751/
Beuhe751/
Beyep751/
Beezz751/
Beyez751/
Beesz751/
Beesr751/
Bheej751/
Beyğe751/
Beehh751/
Buiee751/
Hbeeh751/
Hbeet751/
Beejs750/
Beedz750/
Bey6783,348/
Bej6741,109/
Wee6739,931/
Bie6738,596/
Beh6726,405/
Ber6717,825/
Bei6716,947/
Boe6716,154/
Bea6714,743/
Bye6714,473/
Bae6711,397/
Bez6710,270/
Bet678,747/
Beu676,750/
Bes675,967/
Bue675,590/
Bøe674,425/
Bed673,661/
Vee672,409/
Bep67964/
Bhe67719/
Beß67202/
Beş67174/
Biye'e6794/
Beesch6777/
Beetch6764/
Begieh6762/
Beecht6756/
Beejah6753/
Booyee6752/
Beyett6751/
Beehoo6740/
Beď6739/
Bhayee6736/
Bouyee6731/
Beň6730/
Bejeau6726/
Beheha6721/
Bje6720/
Beejee6720/
Beyedh6717/
Bge6717/
H'Beye6715/
Bhoyee6715/
Bhajee6713/
Uee6713/
Beà6711/
Bheeja6710/
Bhooee678/
Buoyee677/
Hbe677/
Besgie677/
Baajee676/
Bohyee676/
Beeyas674/
Bheeji674/
Bheher674/
Beegie674/
Bayeed674/
Beyech674/
Bhujee673/
Beć673/
Bejahe673/
B'Heye672/
Bhejee672/
Bhojee672/
Beyees672/
Beeout672/
Beetts672/
Hbeech672/
Beá672/
Beţ672/
Boyeet671/
Behyeh671/
Beihed671/
Beihie671/
Bayees671/
Bayeet671/
Beeiah671/
Beejaa671/
Baieet671/
Bheest671/
Bheeyi671/
Bheiet671/
Bhoeie671/
Boehje671/
Bahyee671/
Boweeh671/
Baihee671/
Uambee671/
Beedts671/
Beherr671/
Behiee671/
Behiet671/
Beĺ671/
Beyihe671/
Bieyeh671/
Bhuyee671/
Baweeh671/
Geebee671/
Biyehe671/
Behies671/
Beeshd671/
Beeyaz671/
Beç671/
Baujee671/
Baweed671/
Bawees671/
Bui'ee671/
Hbeeha671/
Hbeerh671/
Hbeesh671/
Beauje670/
Boehie670/
Beeach670/

Bee Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bee in the Oriya language
େବଏeba'e-
Bee in the Tibetan language
བི་bi97.4
བིbi1.3
བི་་bi1.3
Bee in the Hindi language
बीbi92.67
वीvi7.26
बेेbee0.07
Bee in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺪbd50
ﺍﺑﻪabh50

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