137,967 people named Lee work outside their country of origin. Most are in United States, United Kingdom, Australia.
| Country | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 40,675 |
| United Kingdom | 21,734 |
| Australia | 5,992 |
| Canada | 5,736 |
| Germany | 5,613 |
| France | 5,224 |
| Singapore | 5,114 |
| Switzerland | 4,490 |
| Hong Kong | 4,476 |
| China | 3,738 |
| South Korea | 3,600 |
| Netherlands | 3,444 |
| Spain | 2,422 |
| Japan | 2,336 |
| Ireland | 2,051 |
| Malaysia | 1,821 |
| Hungary | 1,512 |
| Taiwan | 1,413 |
| Italy | 1,401 |
| India | 1,373 |
| Sweden | 1,279 |
| Denmark | 904 |
| Belgium | 873 |
| New Zealand | 855 |
| Finland | 740 |
| United Arab Emirates | 631 |
| Norway | 590 |
| Brazil | 565 |
| South Africa | 529 |
| Indonesia | 409 |
| Philippines | 354 |
| Thailand | 348 |
| Poland | 341 |
| Austria | 325 |
| Mexico | 293 |
| Israel | 278 |
| Czechia | 255 |
| Russian Federation | 241 |
| Luxembourg | 214 |
| Saudi Arabia | 174 |
| Vietnam | 163 |
| Argentina | 153 |
| Türkiye | 146 |
| Chile | 126 |
| Macao | 117 |
| Bermuda | 116 |
| Greece | 111 |
| Portugal | 107 |
| Slovakia | 105 |
| Egypt | 97 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 94 |
| Cambodia | 92 |
| Colombia | 83 |
| Qatar | 82 |
| Kenya | 75 |
| Pakistan | 72 |
| Tanzania | 72 |
| Romania | 67 |
| Cayman Islands | 61 |
| Malta | 57 |
| Nigeria | 52 |
| Liechtenstein | 52 |
| Cyprus | 51 |
| Bahrain | 51 |
| Peru | 46 |
| Jamaica | 46 |
| Bangladesh | 44 |
| Bulgaria | 40 |
| Kuwait | 40 |
| Kazakhstan | 39 |
| Ukraine | 35 |
| Costa Rica | 33 |
| Mauritius | 31 |
| Jordan | 31 |
| Serbia | 30 |
| Ghana | 28 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 28 |
| Maldives | 28 |
| Estonia | 27 |
| Lebanon | 26 |
| Myanmar | 24 |
| Slovenia | 24 |
| Ecuador | 23 |
| Lithuania | 23 |
| Croatia | 23 |
| Morocco | 20 |
| Panama | 20 |
| Iran | 19 |
| Sri Lanka | 18 |
| Iceland | 18 |
| Georgia | 18 |
| Dominican Republic | 17 |
| Jersey | 16 |
| Isle of Man | 16 |
| Fiji | 16 |
| Grenada | 16 |
| Uganda | 16 |
| Nepal | 16 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 15 |
| Gibraltar | 14 |
| Uruguay | 14 |
| Tunisia | 14 |
| Monaco | 14 |
| Bahamas | 13 |
| Barbados | 13 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 |
| Guatemala | 12 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 |
| Oman | 11 |
| Venezuela | 11 |
| Cook Islands | 11 |
| Laos | 10 |
| Latvia | 10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 |
| Montenegro | 10 |
| Dominica | 10 |
| Iraq | 10 |
| Seychelles | 10 |
| El Salvador | 10 |
| Guam | 9 |
| Ethiopia | 9 |
| Samoa | 9 |
| Rwanda | 9 |
| Algeria | 9 |
| Mongolia | 9 |
| Guernsey | 9 |
| Angola | 9 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 |
| North Macedonia | 7 |
| Afghanistan | 7 |
| Belarus | 7 |
| Albania | 6 |
| Paraguay | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 |
| Armenia | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 6 |
| Namibia | 5 |
| Suriname | 5 |
| Mozambique | 5 |
| Haiti | 5 |
| Other | 91 |
| Country of origin | People |
|---|---|
| United States | 28,710 |
| South Korea | 26,158 |
| United Kingdom | 13,824 |
| Singapore | 10,357 |
| Australia | 10,269 |
| Canada | 8,738 |
| China | 8,090 |
| Malaysia | 7,128 |
| Taiwan | 7,096 |
| Hong Kong | 5,522 |
| New Zealand | 1,835 |
| Philippines | 1,408 |
| Ireland | 1,013 |
| Japan | 838 |
| India | 778 |
| France | 567 |
| Germany | 500 |
| South Africa | 443 |
| Brazil | 421 |
| Netherlands | 409 |
| Switzerland | 403 |
| Indonesia | 330 |
| Mexico | 172 |
| Thailand | 169 |
| Spain | 161 |
| Russian Federation | 136 |
| Jamaica | 129 |
| Vietnam | 115 |
| Belgium | 108 |
| Italy | 103 |
| Panama | 101 |
| Sweden | 101 |
| Denmark | 79 |
| Argentina | 72 |
| Finland | 69 |
| Austria | 66 |
| Colombia | 65 |
| Chile | 63 |
| Nigeria | 60 |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 |
| Venezuela | 46 |
| Poland | 46 |
| Sri Lanka | 44 |
| Macao | 44 |
| Portugal | 40 |
| Kazakhstan | 35 |
| Uzbekistan | 34 |
| Norway | 32 |
| Peru | 31 |
| Guatemala | 31 |
| Ghana | 30 |
| Israel | 29 |
| Czechia | 29 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 28 |
| Costa Rica | 28 |
| Hungary | 26 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 |
| Bermuda | 23 |
| Türkiye | 23 |
| Dominican Republic | 21 |
| Bulgaria | 21 |
| Puerto Rico | 21 |
| Ukraine | 21 |
| Pakistan | 20 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 20 |
| Seychelles | 20 |
| Myanmar | 19 |
| Cambodia | 19 |
| Greece | 17 |
| North Korea | 17 |
| Barbados | 17 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 |
| Isle of Man | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15 |
| Fiji | 15 |
| Guyana | 14 |
| Mauritius | 13 |
| Estonia | 12 |
| Ecuador | 12 |
| Iran | 12 |
| Nepal | 11 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 |
| Guernsey | 11 |
| Paraguay | 11 |
| Malta | 10 |
| Slovakia | 9 |
| Uganda | 9 |
| Egypt | 9 |
| Cuba | 8 |
| Bahamas | 8 |
| Kenya | 8 |
| Romania | 8 |
| Belarus | 8 |
| Bangladesh | 8 |
| Serbia | 8 |
| Tanzania | 7 |
| Georgia | 7 |
| Latvia | 6 |
| Bolivia | 6 |
| Lebanon | 6 |
| Christmas Island | 6 |
| Dominica | 6 |
| Sudan | 6 |
| El Salvador | 6 |
| Guam | 6 |
| Jordan | 5 |
| Cyprus | 5 |
| Grenada | 5 |
| Mongolia | 5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 5 |
| Lithuania | 5 |
| Mozambique | 5 |
| French Polynesia | 5 |
| Other | 94 |
| Industry | People |
|---|---|
| Other / unknown | 134,602 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 475 |
| Real estate | 395 |
| Professional and scientific | 349 |
| Electricity, gas and steam | 292 |
| Accommodation and food | 257 |
| Information and communication | 245 |
| Manufacturing | 243 |
| Administrative and support | 186 |
| Finance and insurance | 177 |
| Other services | 162 |
| Construction | 127 |
| Health and social work | 87 |
| Education | 86 |
| Households | 79 |
| Transport and storage | 78 |
| Arts and recreation | 46 |
| Extraterritorial organisations | 32 |
| Water and waste | 19 |
| Mining and quarrying | 14 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 13 |
Counts of people with this surname recorded in a country other than their country of origin, from company registers, ORCID, VIAF, Wikidata and career records; origin may be recorded or estimated from the name. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other". Nobody is named on this page.
Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261030. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.