How common is the last name Yi?

19,112 people in the United States have the last name Yi, about 1 in 15,639. It ranks #1,844 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

YI

#1,844

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,112
About
1 in 15,639
This common or more
46.8%
Who bears it

Of the 19,112 people with the last name Yi, 92.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.9% as two or more races and 2.3% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Yi

#1,842 Lockwood · 19,127#1,843 Hussain · 19,121#1,845 Trotter · 19,078#1,846 Arce · 19,065

Spelled almost the same

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

#22,469 Yiu · 1,174#101,718 Yih · 189

Also a first name

As a first name, Yi ranks #2,306 of 53,615, with 11,132 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2018, with 25 births. See Yi as a first name

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