Distribution of the name 'Lee'
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Map of the surname 'Lee' in the USA
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Lee'
In the US there are 174,192 phone book entries with the surname Lee and approximately 627,719 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Lee is the 19. most frequent name in the US.
People with this surname live in 51 states. Most occurrences are in California: 29,499.
Other states with lots of occurrences are New York (12,995), Texas (11,940), Florida (8,949), Georgia (6,631), North Carolina (6,343), Virginia (5,743), Washington (4,814), New Jersey (4,651), as well as Maryland (4,545).
The following surnames sound like Lee: Lowe, La, Le, Li, Liu, Law, Lau, Lay, Lo, Lu, Low, Leahy, Ly, Lai, Lea, Loy, Leo, Louie, Lew, Luu, Ley, Loya, Lui, Liao, Lahey, Luo, Loo, Loe, Lei, Leu.
The distribution of the name 'Lee' in other countries
Surnames sorted by time zone
| Pacific Time Zone | Mountain Time Zone | Central Time Zone |
| Eastern Time Zone | Alaska Time Zone | Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone |
Occurrence of the name Lee in the states
| California - The surname Lee is is the 6. most common name - 29,499 persons |
| New York - The surname Lee is is the 10. most common name - 12,995 persons |
| Texas - The surname Lee is is the 30. most common name - 11,940 persons |
| Florida - The surname Lee is is the 31. most common name - 8,949 persons |
| Georgia - The surname Lee is is the 24. most common name - 6,631 persons |
| North Carolina - The surname Lee is is the 27. most common name - 6,343 persons |
| Virginia - The surname Lee is is the 24. most common name - 5,743 persons |
| Washington - The surname Lee is is the 16. most common name - 4,814 persons |
| New Jersey - The surname Lee is is the 10. most common name - 4,651 persons |
| Maryland - The surname Lee is is the 16. most common name - 4,545 persons |
| Alabama - The surname Lee is the 24. most common name - 4,492 persons |
| Pennsylvania - The surname Lee is the 49. most common name - 4,404 persons |
| Tennessee - The surname Lee is the 37. most common name - 4,293 persons |
| Lousiana - The surname Lee is the 27. most common name - 3,891 persons |
| Illinois - The surname Lee is the 24. most common name - 3,734 persons |
| South Carolina - The surname Lee is the 18. most common name - 3,443 persons |
| Massachusetts - The surname Lee is the 26. most common name - 3,421 persons |
| Mississippi - The surname Lee is the 19. most common name - 3,271 persons |
| Missouri - The surname Lee is the 40. most common name - 3,196 persons |
| Minnesota - The surname Lee is the 18. most common name - 3,037 persons |
| Michigan - The surname Lee is the 37. most common name - 2,709 persons |
| Oklahoma - The surname Lee is the 30. most common name - 2,682 persons |
| Ohio - The surname Lee is the 45. most common name - 2,562 persons |
| Oregon - The surname Lee is the 19. most common name - 2,557 persons |
| Hawaii - The surname Lee is the most common name - 2,519 persons |
| Kentucky - The surname Lee is the 43. most common name - 2,348 persons |
| Colorado - The surname Lee is the 31. most common name - 2,191 persons |
| Wisconsin - The surname Lee is the 31. most common name - 2,191 persons |
| Arizona - The surname Lee is the 28. most common name - 2,159 persons |
| Indiana - The surname Lee is the 34. most common name - 1,964 persons |
| Arkansas - The surname Lee is is the 40. most common name - 1,911 persons |
| Kansas - The surname Lee is is the 35. most common name - 1,599 persons |
| Connecticut - The surname Lee is is the 23. most common name - 1,517 persons |
| Iowa - The surname Lee is is the 47. most common name - 1,483 persons |
| Utah - The surname Lee is is the 39. most common name - 1,197 persons |
| Nevada - The surname Lee is is the 18. most common name - 898 persons |
| Idaho - The surname Lee is is the 40. most common name - 812 persons |
| New Mexico - The surname Lee is is the 60. most common name - 775 persons |
| Maine - The surname Lee is is the 96. most common name - 716 persons |
| Nebraska - The surname Lee is is the 50. most common name - 713 persons |
| North Dakota - The surname Lee is is the 16. most common name - 711 persons |
| West Virginia - The surname Lee is is the 133. most common name - 651 persons |
| Washington D.C. - The surname Lee is is the 16. most common name - 639 persons |
| Montana - The surname Lee is is the 33. most common name - 590 persons |
| New Hampshire - The surname Lee is is the 82. most common name - 553 persons |
| South Dakota - The surname Lee is is the 27. most common name - 505 persons |
| Alaska - The surname Lee is is the 19. most common name - 448 persons |
| Delaware - The surname Lee is is the 41. most common name - 396 persons |
| Rhode Island - The surname Lee is is the 64. most common name - 348 persons |
| Vermont - The surname Lee is is the 84. most common name - 291 persons |
| Wyoming - The surname Lee is is the 44. most common name - 265 persons |
