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- ↑ "Most Common Last Names In Canada". Forebears. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 Archived 2009-12-21 at the Wayback Machine ". 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
- ↑ Edward Neafsey The Surnames of Ireland: Origins and Numbers of Selected Irish .2002 .. – Page 132 "In the English language, Lee, Lea, Leigh and Ley are names derived from nominative or dative cases of the Anglo-Saxon 'leah'. Originally it meant a wood, glade or clearing ...
- ↑ Michael C. O'Laughlin -The Families of County Limerick, Ireland: Over One Thousand ...1997 – Page 93 "Lee is a common name in England, and some of the names are originally from there; Lee is also an old Irish family name, stemming from families of O'Lee and MacLee, This helps to account for the widespread location of the name in Ireland." The name Lee is a very common English, British, and American surname.
- ↑ Michael C. O'Laughlin The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small – 2002 reprinted from Michael C. O'Laughlin Families of County Galway, Ireland – 1998 – Page 125 "Lea, Maclee, Macalea, Melee, O'lee, Families of the surname of "Lee" in Ireland may stem from any one of several origins. Lee is an old Irish family name stemming from the families of O'Lee and MacLee. Lee is also a name of English origins ..."
- ↑ "Irish Genealogical Foundation: Book of Irish Families". 1997. Accessed 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "1901 Census of Ireland: Surname Lee in All Counties". 27 Sept 1901. Accessed 29 May 2013.
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