See Surname
Approximately 57,330 people bear this surname
See Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller by the seacoast; dweller by a lake or pool.
Read More About This SurnameSee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 16,551 | 1:1,782 | 270 |
| India | 13,720 | 1:55,909 | 3,835 |
| United States | 11,035 | 1:32,846 | 4,099 |
| Singapore | 3,638 | 1:1,514 | 180 |
| Philippines | 2,897 | 1:34,946 | 5,313 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,431 | 1:21,562 | 2,950 |
| Australia | 1,359 | 1:19,864 | 2,753 |
| Thailand | 1,321 | 1:53,473 | 6,377 |
| Germany | 685 | 1:117,526 | 14,432 |
| Canada | 646 | 1:57,037 | 6,737 |
| England | 561 | 1:99,319 | 10,501 |
| Hong Kong | 548 | 1:13,386 | 368 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| United Arab Emirates | 310 | 1:29,556 | 3,247 |
| Indonesia | 307 | 1:430,779 | 36,125 |
| Taiwan | 132 | 1:177,612 | 1,558 |
| Brunei | 129 | 1:3,246 | 548 |
| China | 113 | 1:12,100,191 | 733 |
| Qatar | 109 | 1:21,633 | 2,325 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| Benin | 90 | 1:114,840 | 12,756 |
| Austria | 86 | 1:99,017 | 14,343 |
| Jamaica | 83 | 1:34,578 | 2,407 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Afghanistan | 73 | 1:440,455 | 5,912 |
| Pakistan | 67 | 1:2,666,327 | 22,731 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 1:276,839 | 34,217 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Honduras | 9 | 1:979,605 | 4,574 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 226 | 1:107,856 | 10,669 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,689 | 1:18,676 | 2,370 |
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.
An old spelling of Sea, q. v.
Same as Sea; from residence near the sea. "Atte Sea, as a family name, is very common in medieval records" (Lower).
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.
- hamonsunwitchSee Demographics
Average Male See Height
174.8 cm
Average Female See Height
163.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
See Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name See Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname See (Arabic: رأى, Oriya: େସଏ) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Sée. Click here to see other potential spellings of See.
How Common Is The Last Name See? popularity and diffusion
The last name See is the 9,836th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 127,116 people. It 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. It is also the 14,783rd most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 65,142 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 16,551 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Malaysia See is mostly found in: Selangor, where 34 percent live, Johor, where 22 percent live and Penang, where 8 percent live. Other than Malaysia this last name is found in 110 countries. It is also common 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the See last name increased 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
See Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the See last name are 19.38% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.15% registered with the political 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
See Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| See in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଏ | esa'e | 33.33 |
| େଶଏ | esa'e | 16.67 |
| େଦେବ | edeba | 16.67 |
| ଏ | e | 16.67 |
| େସାଏ | esa'e | 16.67 |
| See in the Arabic language | ||
| رأى | ray | - |
| يرى | yry | - |
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Footnotes
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