Chee
See also: chee
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Navajo Chee, Hokkien 徐 (Chhî), Cantonese 朱 (zyu1), etc.
Proper noun
[edit]Chee
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chee is the 6784th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4973 individuals. Chee is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (51.4%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (35.93%) individuals.
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From łichííʼ (“red”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.
Proper noun
[edit]Chee
- a surname
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- English terms borrowed from Hokkien
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- English terms borrowed from Cantonese
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English surnames
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo proper nouns
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