The Lee surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 605,860 people carried this name — #22 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 445 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,373 people named Lee live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 438 people named Lee.
Most of them — 289 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often French Polynesia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 393 people named Lee live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
264 people named Lee have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 2,723 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Lee in American newspapers,
1850–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,757,676 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lee.
- Ledo 562 · U.S. census
- Ledogar 113 · U.S. census
- Ledon 321 · U.S. census
- Ledoux 5,827 · U.S. census
- Leduc 4,410 · U.S. census
- Ledy 124 · U.S. census
- Leeman 2,439 · U.S. census
- Lees 5,501 · U.S. census
- Lefaivre 164 · U.S. census
- Lefebre 656 · U.S. census
- Lefebure 381 · U.S. census
- Lefebvre 5,991 · U.S. census
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