How Many People Have the Last Name Lee?
people had the surname Lee in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 426 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+87,163 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Lee: 42.2% are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander and 36% are non-Hispanic White. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 37.8% to 42.2%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 40.1% to 36%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Lee grew from 605,860 people in 2000 to 693,023 in 2010 (up 14.4%), and its rank rose from #22 to #21.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 605,860 | 693,023 |
| Rank | #22 | #21 |
| Per 100,000 people | 224.59 | 234.94 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Lee
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Lee: L000
👤 Lee as a First Name
Lee is a first name too: about 162,981 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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