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      • Lee is a unisex given name from the English word 'lee'. Also used as a surname as one of derivative spellings often confused with the Old English surname and given name leah ("clearing; meadow"), which evolved to 'leigh' in Middle English, and present day 'lea' of the same meaning.
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  1. Lee is a common surname in English-speaking countries. In Canada, "Lee" was the 4th-most-common surname outside of Quebec. [1] In the United States during the 2000 census, "Lee" was the 22nd-most-common surname. [2]

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  3. Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population.

  4. Lee is a unisex given name from the English word 'lee'. Also used as a surname as one of derivative spellings often confused with the Old English surname and given name leah ("clearing; meadow"), which evolved to 'leigh' in Middle English, and present day 'lea' of the same meaning.

  5. The surname Lee is of English origin and is derived from the Old English word “lēah” meaning “meadow” or “clearing”. Lee is the most common surname in China, with over 100 million people bearing the name in different variations.

  6. Lee is a common romanization of the Chinese surname 李, . lit. "Plum" (tree, fruit, and flower), alternatively romanized as Li. England. There are several distinct origins of the Lee surname. The most common is derived from Old English lēah, meaning a meadow or forest clearing. [3] [4] This developed variously into the surnames Lee, Lea, and ...

  7. Lee or I is the second most common surname, or family name, in Korea. In 2015 more than 7 million people in South Korea had this name. That is over 14% of all people in the country.

  8. Jul 3, 2019 · Lee was the royal surname during the Tang dynasty. LEE may be a "place" surname taken from any of the various towns or villages named Lee or Leigh. Lee is the 21st most popular surname in America based on analysis of the 2010 census.

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