Chinese surname No. 4 Li3[李]

Li3 [李] means: plum
Surname Li3 is about 3130 years old.
Variations include Lee(Cantonese), Le(Vietnamese)
The ancient way of writing character Li3 was Mu4 (wood) + Zi3 (son).
The present way of writing Li3 [李] is the wood sitting on top of son.

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Addresses of the Lee Family Association [李氏公所] (please use a table-aware browser)

NameAddressPhone
Lee Family Association
李氏公所
10 Tyler St.
Boston, MA 02111 		(617) 426-5429
李氏公 Saw
2225 S. Wentworth Ave
Chicago, IL 60616 		(312) 225-0744
Lee's Family Association
李氏公所
41 Mott St
New York, NY 10013 		(212) 962-4719
Lee's Family Association
李氏公所
925 Race St. 2F
Philadelphia, PA 19107
李氏公所
Lee's Family Asso 		175A Dundas St W
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1C7		 416-979-3291
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The history of surname Li3[李]

For some information about this, see In Search of your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames, paragraph 294. Bibliography entries 109, 114, and 156 also refer to this surname.
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