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    The surname Bi

    A surname, carried by 1,438 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B000

    Bi: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bi #18,971, 1,438 people Bi: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bi #18,971, 1,438 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bi is more common than 88.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,438 people named Bi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. That is up 108% since 2000, when the Census counted 690.

    #18,971
    rank among US surnames
    1,438
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +108.4%
    change since 2000 (was #31,658)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,971Pen1,438214,705
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854

    Who is named Bi

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Bi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bi

    Bi has the Soundex code B000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bi?
    1,438 people in the United States had the surname Bi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. It ranked 18,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bi?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bi getting more or less common?
    More common. 690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,438 in 2010, up 108%.