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Lees

in New Jersey

There are 253 people with the last name "Lees" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Lees 3,123
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  1. is 3,119th most common Benavides
  2. is 3,120th most common Bodine
  3. is 3,121st most common Carpio
  4. is 3,122nd most common Knoll
  5. is 3,123rd most common Lees
  6. is 3,124th most common Low
  7. is 3,125th most common Macmillan
  8. is 3,126th most common Parry
  9. is 3,127th most common Polito

Similar Names and Nicknames

Leeson, Leese, Leos, Lease, Leis, Loesch, Lieske, Lies, Leas, Less

Most Common First Names for Lees

James, Michael, Charles, Patricia, Joseph, Robert, George, John, Richard, William

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).

English: habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.

English: variant spelling of Leece 1.

Scottish: reduced form of Gillies.

Scottish and Irish: reduced and altered form of McLeish.

Dutch: variant of Leys.

Recent Searches for "Lees" in New Jersey

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James Lees, NJ (8 searches)
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