The bee Surname

bee Name Meaning and History

Scottish: reduced form of McBee, a variant of McBeth.
English: from Middle English be ‘bee’, Old English beo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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bee Family Facts

Distribution of bee Families in the US in 1920

Number of bee families

44-86

15-43

1-14

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 109 - Messages: 481

Thread	Author	Replies
BEE, Thomas Walker	hblady_1	3
Bee Family	Bob Cain	1
Brian Bee- long Island, NY	Brian Bee	4
LUCY BEE	dangermouse23	0
Searching for Sherrie and/or Debbie (Deborah) Bee	Rose Harmon	1
Mary Bee b. France ca 1800	cvthompson	0
John Tallant Bee - Australia	duncansbrook	2
WILLIAM BEE	vanessawillows	4
Benjamin Wilson and John Nelson Bee	judyannedouglasd	2
BEE FAMILY	eevers1	40

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