See Surname

9,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

See Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller by the seacoast; dweller by a lake or pool.

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See Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia16,5511:1,782270
India13,7201:55,9093,835
United States11,0351:32,8464,099
Singapore3,6381:1,514180
Philippines2,8971:34,9465,313
Saudi Arabia1,4311:21,5622,950
Australia1,3591:19,8642,753
Thailand1,3211:53,4736,377
Germany6851:117,52614,432
Canada6461:57,0376,737
England5611:99,31910,501
Hong Kong5481:13,386368
Egypt5191:177,14013,144
United Arab Emirates3101:29,5563,247
Indonesia3071:430,77936,125
Taiwan1321:177,6121,558
Brunei1291:3,246548
China1131:12,100,191733
Qatar1091:21,6332,325
Papua New Guinea1001:81,53710,792
Benin901:114,84012,756
Austria861:99,01714,343
Jamaica831:34,5782,407
France781:851,573100,617
Afghanistan731:440,4555,912
Pakistan671:2,666,32722,731
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
Netherlands611:276,83934,217
New Zealand551:82,33311,809
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Portugal471:221,6658,706
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
New Caledonia261:10,6242,723
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Liberia171:259,32615,766
Panama171:230,1336,157
Madagascar161:1,478,1152,908
Myanmar161:3,246,124792
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Iran131:5,906,348134,214
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Vietnam111:8,422,3692,636
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Gambia91:213,717372
Honduras91:979,6054,574
Laos91:732,036508
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Guam81:20,0153,029
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Mauritius61:215,5708,537
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Wales51:618,90625,852
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Macau41:150,408604
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2261:107,85610,669
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6891:18,6762,370

The alternate forms: Sée (12) are calculated separately.

See (65,142) may also be a first name.

See Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller by the seacoast; dweller by a lake or pool.

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

An old spelling of Sea, q. v.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Sea; from residence near the sea. "Atte Sea, as a family name, is very common in medieval records" (Lower).

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

The See surname comes from the Americanization of the German surname Zeh, when some German immigrants in the US Americanized it to See.

- hamonsunwitch

See Last Name Facts

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

The last name See (Arabic: رأى, Oriya: େସଏ) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can be rendered as: Sée. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name See? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 9,836th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 127,116 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of See are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 30 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. See is also the 14,783rd most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 65,142 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 16,551 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Malaysia See is most frequent in: Selangor, where 34 percent live, Johor, where 22 percent live and Penang, where 8 percent live. Apart from Malaysia it exists in 110 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

See Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of See has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the See last name rose 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

See Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the See surname are 19.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.15% registered with the party.

The amount See earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 75.89% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,096 per year; in South Africa they earn 194.55% more than the national average, earning R 699,972 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $42,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $53,656 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sée8912/
Seye8669,406/
Shee8649,546/
Seed8622,662/
Seet8612,946/
Seer862,554/
Sees861,312/
Seje86556/
Seep86445/
Seez86150/
Siee8699/
Seae8697/
Scee8677/
Seie8671/
Se'e8661/
Seey8616/
Seea8614/
Hsee8614/
Szee8611/
Ssee866/
Seue865/
Seee864/
Sxee862/
Seej862/
Sgee861/
Xsee861/
Se80164,925/
Seyed7585,335/
Sheet7531,298/
Sheer7511,221/
Sheed753,491/
Seeds752,457/
Sayee752,173/
Segge751,947/
Sajee751,322/
Sujee75825/
Shhee75562/
Schee75373/
Seets75333/
Seech75317/
Se'ed75294/
Sheea75275/
Seest75271/
Seyie75269/
Sheje75240/
Sawee75230/
Shees75155/
Sowee7596/
Seeya7583/
Seyeh7576/
Sheye7573/
Suyee7567/
Seetz7564/
Sejie7558/
Seyep7544/
Seyez7543/
Seesz7542/
Seead7541/
Sheie7539/
Segie7539/
Seied7537/
Sheue7535/
Seeja7535/
Sheep7532/
Sheey7532/
Seyes7525/
Saiee7525/
Seess7524/
Hseet7520/
Seeyo7519/
Seyee7518/
Sieye7515/
Seezs7514/
Soeye7511/
Seyet759/
Sejep758/
Sceer757/
Seedh757/
Seije757/
Sheez756/
Soyee756/
Hseeh756/
Seyhe756/
Szeer755/
Sseje755/
Seeht755/
Seerr754/
Scehe754/
Seeye754/
Sa'ee754/
Hsees753/
Seeyi753/
Seehy752/
Seeje752/
Seejo752/
Seesh752/
Seieh752/
Seies752/
Seeas752/
Sseed752/
Seedt752/
Hseer752/
Sehea752/
Seeou752/
Seerh752/
Seeji752/
Jseed751/
Xseye751/
Seeie751/
Seeiy751/
Seeyd751/
Sehhe751/
Seiet751/
Seiez751/
Seihe751/
Sheae751/
Sseye751/
Seepp751/
Seueh751/
Sehye751/
Seeph751/
Siyee751/
Seehe751/
Hsgee751/
Souee751/
Sieje751/
Se'ie751/
Sehez751/
Sehge751/
Sehje751/
Seeys751/
Shzee751/
Sgeje751/
Seeea751/
Se'er751/
Seeaz751/
Seeoe751/
Seeee751/
Seiie751/
Soiee751/
Sscee751/
Suiee751/
Szees751/
Sseue751/
Xseej751/
Hseed751/
Hsjee751/
Seejs750/
Soe67539,113/
She67406,704/
Sayeed6776,866/
Gee6771,972/
Jee6740,984/
Set6738,928/
Sze6734,983/
Sea6729,136/
Sheets6728,489/
Sue6727,092/
Sey6723,866/
Sae6722,109/
Sie6719,731/
Sei6716,059/
Seh6712,430/
Seu6711,763/
Ser679,374/
Zee676,316/
Sep675,677/
Sed673,902/
Cee673,530/
Ses672,974/
Saieed672,623/
Hse672,331/
Shegie671,449/
Sye67698/
Shayee67544/
Sheeja67536/
Scheie67528/
Søe67479/
Shehee67447/
Shajee67403/
Sej67289/
Shijee67229/
Åse67215/
Shehez67192/
Sce67187/
Sse67169/
Sieyes67103/
Sez6796/
Ssejje6795/
Scheye6788/
Seç6788/
Sheesh6786/
Shoeie6781/
Jse6759/
Seyedd6756/
Sheyed6755/
Seyeau6748/
Sheeya6741/
Sheerr6739/
Shegge6732/
Seetch6732/
Shouee6732/
Schees6730/
Sje6730/
Sejeau6725/
Sejejs6723/
Seehad6722/
Sge6720/
Sheeds6719/
Seeyad6717/
Sheejo6717/
Sheead6717/
Xee6716/
Shehea6715/
Geesee6715/
Sieyee6713/
Seehas6712/
Säe6712/
Seß6711/
Scheep6710/
Sceets6710/
Sayees679/
Soweed679/
Sajeeh677/
Seeyod677/
Seehoo676/
Seyeed676/
Seï676/
Seihet676/
Shceer675/
Øse675/
Jseeja675/
Seehoe674/
Scheez674/
Sheieh674/
Sheije674/
Siegie674/
Shheed674/
Seetsh674/
Seeije674/
Shheer674/
Sheedd673/
Sooyee673/
Shojee673/
Seeyoh673/
Scheue672/
Sheehr672/
Sawehe672/
Szheer672/
Shujee672/
Seî672/
Sieyep672/
Shawee672/
Shseer672/
Saieez672/
Sheedh672/
Hseeja672/
S'Eied671/
Sceetz671/
Sceher671/
Sjeets671/
Sojeed671/
Shyjee671/
Sheess671/
Shejje671/
Seehts671/
Segieh671/
Sehech671/
Sehehe671/
Sehies671/
Shceet671/
Ssayee671/
Seechh671/
Sheeye671/
Sieyeh671/
Seyhee671/
Suoyee671/
Soejeh671/
Ssheed671/
Seş671/
Seyess671/
Suieet671/
Siouee671/
Sheuhe671/
Shheee671/
Shhees671/
Shheet671/
Shee'e671/
Sheech671/
Sheeji671/
Sheerh671/
Shchee671/
Sahhee671/
Seehou671/
Seeijs671/
Sehyeh671/
Sehjie671/
Seiehe671/
Szeher671/
Suyeeh671/
Sayehe671/
Saiehe671/
Shieje671/
Sheyeh671/
Shejeh671/
She'er671/
Seeyap671/
Seeyee671/
Seeyos671/
Seehrh671/
Seeied671/
Saiees671/
Sauyee671/
Scheea671/
Sohwee671/
Sjeedh671/
Srzeeh671/
Sxe671/
Xse671/
Hseejh671/
Hseheh671/
Hsheer671/
Sheahe670/
Sceett670/
Sheett670/
Schehe670/
Seeddz670/
Shehes670/
Scheey670/
Sehehr670/
Seehee670/
Sheepp670/
Sheeat670/
Sceeds670/

See Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
See in the Oriya language
େସଏesa'e33.33
େଶଏesa'e16.67
େଦେବedeba16.67
e16.67
େସାଏesa'e16.67
See in the Arabic language
رأىray-
يرىyry-

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