Last Name LEES

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Meaning Local: At the lees, from residence thereby. Also, 'of Lees,' a hamlet in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne. This has originated a large number of the South Lancashire Lees.
Meadows, fields.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank 5,763 (2000 US census) 4,688 (1990 US census)
Count 5,501 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.36%, or 5191 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.29%, or 71 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.25%, or 69 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 29 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.07%, or 59 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.49%, or 82 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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