May Lee Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
May Lee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
May Lee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name May Lee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname May Lee is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name May Lee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of May Lee are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 40 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
May Lee is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia May Lee is most numerous in: Johor, where 50 percent are found and Selangor, where 50 percent are found. Not including Malaysia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Singapore, where 20 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 May Lee
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