The Lees surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,501 people carried this name — #5,763 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Lees.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Lees live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lees.
- Ledon 321 · U.S. census
- Ledoux 5,827 · U.S. census
- Leduc 4,410 · U.S. census
- Ledy 124 · U.S. census
- Lee 605,860 · U.S. census
- Leeman 2,439 · U.S. census
- Lefaivre 164 · U.S. census
- Lefebre 656 · U.S. census
- Lefebure 381 · U.S. census
- Lefebvre 5,991 · U.S. census
- Lefever 3,331 · U.S. census
- Lefevere 161 · U.S. census
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