How rare is the last name Cai?

13,276 people in the United States have the last name Cai, about 1 in 22,514. It ranks #2,651 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CAI

#2,651

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,276
About
1 in 22,514
This common or more
51.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,276 people with the last name Cai, 95.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.6% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cai

#2,649 Berrios · 13,283#2,649 Villasenor · 13,283#2,652 Creech · 13,268#2,653 Mcnulty · 13,263

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cai, most common first.

#1,324 Cao · 26,062#57,050 Cay · 386#107,024 Caw · 177#139,059 Cau · 124

Also a first name

As a first name, Cai ranks #6,791 of 53,615, with 2,320 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 131 births. See Cai as a first name

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