Fee Surname

39,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Fee Surname Definition:

A curtailed form of (Mac) fee, which see.

Fee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,5961:42,1665,182
England1,0791:51,6396,359
Canada8521:43,2465,370
Northern Ireland8241:2,239464
Ireland5261:8,9521,220
Australia2551:105,86511,876
Scotland2181:24,5592,704
Malaysia1251:235,95413,459
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Singapore681:80,9963,278
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
France641:1,037,855114,367
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
China331:41,433,9872,228
Wales281:110,5198,545
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
India101:76,706,538639,611
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Macau11:601,6301,582
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8541:5,187872
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3701:65,8797,540
Scotland1371:27,3232,433
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0701:24,2603,016

The alternate forms: Fée (19) are calculated separately.

Fee (5,256) may also be a first name.

Fee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A curtailed form of (Mac) fee, which see.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) Raven [Irish Fiach]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Fiaich Sometimes made Hunt by pseudo-translation, mainly found in the Enniskillen area. IF 291; MIF 104

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Grandson of Fiach (raven).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A feudal possession. Sometimes certain lands obtained this name, e.g. Bassett's Fee, Neville's Fee.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Fee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fee occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Fée. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fee? popularity and diffusion

Fee is the 39,468th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 547,895 people. The surname Fee occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Fee reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fee is also the 93,259th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 5,256 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 8,596 people, or 1 in 42,166. In The United States Fee is most frequent in: Ohio, where 7 percent live, New York, where 6 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 74 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Fee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fee last name grew 415 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 292 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 38 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 159 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Fee surname is predominantly Catholic (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Fee last name are 13.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.73% registered with the party.

The amount Fee earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning 307,556 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.91% more than the national average, earning R 425,160 per year; in United States they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $44,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.04% more than the national average, earning $52,186 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fée8919/
Feez864,185/
Feye864,073/
Feer862,537/
Fees862,032/
Feed86443/
Feje86220/
Feeß86182/
Feet8697/
Feie8693/
Feae8629/
Fe'e8620/
Feey8614/
Feea866/
Feue865/
Fhee865/
Ffee862/
Feee862/
Hfee862/
Feej861/
Fe804,100/
Feest75934/
Feyes75206/
Feesh75187/
Feess75137/
Feies75127/
Feije75102/
Fowee7580/
Hfeez7571/
Feihe7539/
Feehs7529/
Fieye7526/
Feied7523/
Feyet7519/
Fejeh7518/
Fhehe7513/
Feedt7512/
Feyed7510/
Fayee7510/
Feuhe7510/
Fejed757/
Feyie756/
Feeaz755/
Fegge754/
Feyeh754/
Feieș754/
Foyee753/
Fegie753/
Fheed753/
Fehie752/
Fajee752/
Fheer752/
Feuie751/
Feech751/
Feets751/
F'Eye751/
Feiee751/
Feiet751/
Feyez751/
Feeyh751/
Hfeet751/
Faiee751/
Fejie751/
Feeja751/
Feejo751/
Feesd751/
Fehee751/
Fehez751/
Foeje751/
Fojee751/
Feyee751/
Feyep751/
Fgeeh751/
Feioe751/
Fphee751/
Wfeet751/
Foeye751/
Feeee751/
Ffeed751/
Fffee751/
Hfeej751/
Hfees751/
Feeds750/
Fhees750/
Feett750/
Feehy750/
Feeas750/
Fooee750/
Fohee750/
Fejee750/
Feeht750/
Fei67555,328/
Fey6715,306/
Fer6713,283/
Foe676,628/
Fye675,491/
Fae674,768/
Fes673,902/
Fea673,141/
Fie672,919/
Feh672,788/
Vee672,409/
Feu672,335/
Fue671,895/
Fed671,007/
Fez67831/
Fet67600/
Feß67366/
Fej67115/
Fayhee6781/
Feiesh6762/
Fhe6757/
Feč6755/
Fep6737/
Faieez6736/
Fayeez6725/
Pfe6725/
Feyesh6712/
Hfe678/
Vfe677/
Wfe676/
Fayees675/
Faiees675/
Fge675/
Fayeed675/
Feyech675/
Fgeehi674/
Ffe674/
Fje674/
Feeyaz673/
Feejee672/
Feehah672/
Feň672/
Feehaa671/
D'Feye671/
Feesch671/
Feieht671/
Fawees671/
Fouehe671/
Fouhee671/
Feeyoe671/
Feehge671/
Fejeau671/
Feheth671/
Fehyed671/
Feyett671/
Feï671/
Feć671/
Ffejes671/
Fhieye671/
Fahwee671/
Faheee671/
Faieed671/
Feejaz671/
Hfeeth671/
Fehech670/
Foohee670/
Fahyee670/

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