Shee is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shee
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

See O'Shee - The pedigree is traced to Odanus O'Shee, lord of the cantred of Texnane O'Shee in Kerry, and lands in Tipperary, in the tenth century.

Shee is variation of Shea. See O'Shee - The pedigree is traced to Odanus O'Shee, lord of the cantred of Texnane O'Shee in Kerry, and lands in Tipperary, in the tenth century.

Surname is the form of Shea. Grandson of Seaghdha meaning "majestic, or learned".

Lastname Shee is variation of the O'Shea. Grandson of Seaghdha meaning "majestic or learned".

Lastname is the variant form of O'Shee. The pedigree is traced to Odanus O'Shee, lord of the cantred of Texnane O'Shee in Kerry, and lands in Tipperary, in the tenth century.

How popular is Shee?

Shee is common in India, Kenya, Malaysia, Cameroon, Tanzania, United States, Somalia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia.

Shee is ranked 11351 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shees grew by 107.76 per cent to 509 since 2000 and ranked 42579 after elevating 31080 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 69.16 41.63
White 22.2 46.94
Hispanic or Latino 3.73 6.12
Black 2.75 0
Shee is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Kenya is ahead in terms of density. Around 49546 people have been found who wears Shee as their family name. Shee is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Shee:
1,497 India39,898
Countries with thousands of Shee:
1,228 Kenya4,818
2,274 Malaysia1,160
Countries with hundreds of Shee:
3,022 Cameroon939
10,800 Tanzania472
73,629 United States364
1,895 Somalia343
833 Singapore265
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
847 Hong Kong155
18,652 Australia145
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,360 United Arab Emirates97
6,658 Chile83
39,784 Canada80
40,828 England76
190,094 Thailand52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,379 Panama47
13,472 New Zealand45
1,658 China44
32,327 Pakistan36
6,725 Qatar34
669 Myanmar25
261,263 Russia22
21,168 Denmark20
9,345 Ireland20
127,494 South Africa14
410,938 Indonesia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
21,753 Liberia10
13,537 Bangladesh9
102,017 Sweden7
486,533 Brazil6
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Shee was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 11, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Adirondack from Cork. Jno. Shee, Immigrant Patt Shee, Immigrant Hannah Shee, Bridget Shee, aged 18, 1 year old Michael Shee, Immigrant Johanna Shee, Mary Shee, 20 years old Ann Shee, Mary Shee, aged 20, and 1 other Shee around 57.14% of whom were servant migrated to US.

From Germany

45 years old Anna Shee who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on April 5, 1881 by Italy put out from Liverpool. 19 years old Catherine Shee, Elizabeth Shee, aged Of unknown age, Jacob Shee (11), Johan Shee (48) Laborer, Mathias Shee (8), John Shee, aged 26, are other Shee that migrated to US.

Shee Namesakes

  • George Darell Shee, English judge
  • William Shee, Anglo-Irish politician, lawyer and judge
  • Martin Archer Shee, Irish portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy

Shee Namesakes

  • George Darell Shee, English judge
  • William Shee, Anglo-Irish politician, lawyer and judge
  • Martin Archer Shee, Irish portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy

Related Family Names: