# Bai (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,148 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,237 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,077 people |
| Change since 2000 | +92% (1,640 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bai in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bai in the People's Republic of China and Republic of China.

## People named Bai

- Bai Jie, Association footballer
- Hsuan Hua, American Buddhist monk (1918-1995)

## Similar surnames

Bay, Bae, Bah, Bao, Ba, Bau, Bui, Bowie, Bowe, Buie, Bey, Bee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.