How rare is the last name Chi?

8,510 people in the United States have the last name Chi, about 1 in 35,123. It ranks #4,052 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

CHI

#4,052

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,510
About
1 in 35,123
This common or more
56.1%
Who bears it

Of the 8,510 people with the last name Chi, 84.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Chi

2 other last names also have 8,510 people.

#4,052 Calkins · 8,510#4,052 Pitt · 8,510

Either side of Chi

#4,051 Embry · 8,511#4,052 Calkins · 8,510#4,052 Pitt · 8,510#4,055 Tijerina · 8,507

Spelled almost the same

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

#624 Choi · 52,885#964 Cho · 35,679#1,154 Chu · 29,872#2,580 Chiu · 13,686#3,410 Cha · 10,248#8,228 Chai · 3,857#9,550 Che · 3,255#14,475 Chia · 1,982

Also a first name

As a first name, Chi ranks #2,281 of 53,615, with 11,341 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1982, with 48 births. See Chi as a first name

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