Lees meaning | Last name Lees origin

Following is the meaning of Lees surname. Family name Lees is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Lees
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lees

Lees is used as a family name or surname in England languages. Lees has 4 characters long in length.

Lees is common in England country(ies).

Lees is ranked 14828 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lees bearers increased by 0.01817851 per cent in 2010 US census to 5502 since 2000, the surname slipped by 451 spots and ranked at 6214. The last name was found in around 19 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.77 94.36
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.49
Others 0.85 1.07

How popular is Lees?

Lees is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 35516 people have been found who wears Lees as their family name. Lees is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
318,252 Ukraine6
2,113 Taiwan3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
189 Samoa3
35,789 Turkey3
5,909 Bangladesh3
10,686 Costa Rica3
15,749 Finland3
3,670 Mozambique2
2,168 Suriname2
31,767 Greece2
993 Guernsey2
18,625 Japan2
20,186 Kenya2
28,232 Morocco2
54,135 Philippines2
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

James Lees was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 13, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as miner and took Liverpool from Liverpool. Hugh-M. Lees (24) Workman, 23 years old Mary Lees, John Lees, aged Of unknown age, Ann Lees (28), Immigrant Mary Lees, Workman Patrick Lees, Judith Lees (30) Workwoman, Dave Lees, aged 50, and 42 other Lees around 62.5% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Celebrities having Lees surname

Andrew Lees Actor
Adelaide Hanscom Leeson Artist
Adelaide Hanscom Leeson Artist
James Lees-Milne Writer
John Lees Inventor
Arnold Leese British Politician
Hastings Lees-Smith British Politician
Janet Lees Price Television actress
Oliver Leese Commanding officer
Benjamin Lees Composer
  • Brandon Lees played important role of Donny in 0 horror film Prisoner Awakening.
  • In 2007 war movie, In Our Name, Peter James Lees portrayed Hostage.
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