How common is the last name Lee?

695,657 people in the United States have the last name Lee, about 1 in 430. It ranks #19 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEE

#19

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
695,657
About
1 in 430
This common or more
7.1%
Who bears it

Of the 695,657 people with the last name Lee, 43.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 33.2% as White and 15.3% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lee

#17 Taylor · 723,758#18 Moore · 696,384#20 Jackson · 686,937#21 Perez · 680,712

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lee, most common first.

#200 Le · 138,532#3,478 Lei · 10,011#4,125 Lea · 8,351#4,233 Leo · 8,092#4,705 Lew · 7,305#6,747 Ley · 4,804#12,475 Leu · 2,373#39,536 Leh · 600

Also a first name

As a first name, Lee ranks #336 of 53,615, with 164,578 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1956, with 5,448 births. See Lee as a first name

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