How rare is the last name Tsai?

12,211 people in the United States have the last name Tsai, about 1 in 24,478. It ranks #2,876 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TSAI

#2,876

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,211
About
1 in 24,478
This common or more
52.1%
Who bears it

Of the 12,211 people with the last name Tsai, 93% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.2% as two or more races and 2.5% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Tsai

#2,874 Lipscomb · 12,218#2,875 Epstein · 12,212#2,877 Burleson · 12,207#2,878 Guinn · 12,202

Spelled almost the same

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

#9,296 Tsui · 3,358#11,544 Tsao · 2,605#26,423 Tsoi · 973#34,583 Tsay · 705

Also a first name

As a first name, Tsai ranks #28,616 of 53,615, with 313 people. See Tsai as a first name

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