How common is the surname Lees?

5,502 people in the United States had the surname Lees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,115 Americans. It ranked 6,214th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lees?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lees?

Tamara Lees, British actress (1924–1999), followed by Benjamin Lees.

Where is the surname Lees most common?

Wikidata records people named Lees in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Lees getting more or less common?

About as common. 5,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,502 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Lees

A surname, carried by 5,502 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lees is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,502 people named Lees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,115 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,501.

#6,214

rank among US surnames

5,502

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #5,763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,210	Dulaney	5,507	56,064
#6,211	Steinke	5,506	56,074
#6,213	Woodman	5,505	56,085
#6,214	Bodnar	5,502	56,115

Who is named Lees

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Lees identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tamara Lees
British actress (1924–1999)
Benjamin Lees
American composer (1924–2010)
Andrea Leeds
American film actress (1914-1984)

Notable Leess come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lees

Lees has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

How common is the surname Lees?: 5,502 people in the United States had the surname Lees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,115 Americans. It ranked 6,214th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lees?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lees?: Tamara Lees, British actress (1924–1999), followed by Benjamin Lees.
Where is the surname Lees most common?: Wikidata records people named Lees in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Lees getting more or less common?: About as common. 5,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,502 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.