LEE is ranked as the 9th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 900,933.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 282.55 people named LEE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 70% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named LEE is
715,494, the rank is 22
and the proportion per 100k Americans named LEE is 224.59.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEE is
40.1% White,
1.3% Hispanic origin,
17.4% Black,
37.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
2.3% Two or More Races,
and 1.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LEE have a higher likelyhood of being Asian or Pacific Islander and a lower likelyhood of being White.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEE is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEE
The state with the most people named
LEE is
California where
218,134 people have this name.
Hawaii is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEE, as
812.6 in every 100,000
Hawaiians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
100th, this rank was reached in the states of
Hawaii.
Hawaii is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Vermont
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LEE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
26,726
207.49
100.0%
Indiana
13,523
204.99
100.0%
Iowa
5,162
166.15
100.0%
Kansas
5,457
187.91
100.0%
Michigan
18,565
187.34
100.0%
Minnesota
15,523
284.45
100.0%
Missouri
14,100
470.92
100.0%
Nebraska
2,378
126.41
99.9%
North Dakota
2,260
305.57
99.9%
Ohio
18,901
163.03
100.0%
South Dakota
1,459
171.01
99.9%
Wisconsin
11,033
191.62
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name LEE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,118
287.54
100.0%
Arizona
13,080
194.32
100.0%
California
218,134
562.16
100.0%
Colorado
11,440
213.6
100.0%
Hawaii
11,535
812.6
100.0%
Idaho
3,326
203.5
99.9%
Montana
2,267
221.48
99.9%
Nevada
7,731
272.32
100.0%
New Mexico
3,753
179.94
99.9%
Oregon
11,200
282.11
100.0%
Utah
7,023
238.63
99.9%
Washington
25,995
368.12
100.0%
Wyoming
877
150.05
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEE as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LEE.
The most popular full name is James LEE.
1.54% of all the people named LEE
have this given name.
There are 14594 first
names associated with this last name.