von Lee Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

von Lee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Lee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

von Lee Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Lee is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of von Lee.

How Common Is The Last Name von Lee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of von Lee are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name von Lee is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 25 percent live, Massachusetts, where 25 percent live and Michigan, where 25 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live.

von Lee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of von Lee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the von Lee surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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von Leue937/
von Leer932/
von Le923/
van Lee86402/
von Loe865/
van Leer80706/
von Laue8025/
van Leet802/
von Lowe801/
von Lehr801/
van Le77407/
von La7724/
van Leest75946/
van Leeth752/
von Leiss751/
van Lue7148/
van Loe7146/
van Let7134/
von Lau716/
van Lie715/
van Leu712/
Von-Led711/
von Lai711/
von Lou711/
van Ler711/
von Leicht710/
van Leth67226/
van Loey67168/
van Lowe6731/
von Luiz6710/
von Luis676/
van Loye673/
Van-Leer672/
van Leij671/
van Hlei671/
van Leys671/
van Liej670/
van Leit670/
van Loue670/

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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 von Lee
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