# Chi (surname)

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

A Chinese surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,273 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,843 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,451 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (5,735 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃiː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 齊 /齐 (Qí).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chi 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) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 84% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Chi

- Chao-Li Chi, American dancer and actor (1927-2010)

## Similar surnames

Choi, Cho, Chu, Chiu, Cha, Chai, Che, Chia, Chui, Cao, Coe, Chow.

## 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.