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.
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See Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
See Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name See Come From? nationality or country of origin
See (Arabic: رأى, Oriya: େସଏ) is found most in Malaysia. It may also be found in the variant forms: Sée. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name See? popularity and diffusion
The surname See is the 9,836th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 127,116 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of See reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 30 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 14,783rd most widely held first name on earth, held by 65,142 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 16,551 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Malaysia See is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 34 percent reside, Johor, where 22 percent reside and Penang, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this surname is found in 110 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
See Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of See has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the See last name grew 410 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
See Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the See last name are 19.38% more likely to be registered Republicans 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
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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