Leé Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Leé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary791:124,25711,583
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Lée (5), Lêe (1), Lěé (1), Lèé (1) & Léê (1) are calculated separately.

Leé (20) may also be a first name.

Leé Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leé Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leé is found most frequently in Hungary. It can also occur as a variant: Lée, Lêe, Lěé, Lèé or Léê. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leé? popularity and diffusion

The last name Leé is the 2,034,059th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Leé reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 20 people.

Leé is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 124,257. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Pest County, where 78 percent reside, Budapest, where 19 percent reside and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Hungary this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lée895/
Lêe891/
Lěé891/
Lèé891/
Léê891/
Leép868/
Lehé863/
Lie6750,006/
Lye6713,181/
Lge6729/
Lje6712/
Lié674/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leé
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