# Ji (surname)

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

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,216 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,441 people |
| Change since 2000 | +92% (2,100 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dʒi/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姞 (Jí), sometimes derived from 女 (“woman, matriarchal clan marker”) + 吉 (jí, “lucky”). Doublet of Chi.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ji 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) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 97% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ji in Eastern Zhou, Jin, Lu, South Korea and Wey.

## People named Ji

- Duke Wen of Jin, 22nd ruler of Jin from 636 to 628 BCE
- Hou Ji, ancestor of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
- King Ji of Zhou, also known as Ji Li
- Marquis E of Jin, 8th-century BC marquis of Jin
- Ling, ancient Chinese king of the Zhou dynasty
- Lu Ban, 5th-century BC Chinese engineer and inventor
- King Ding of Zhou, ancient Chinese king of the Zhou dynasty
- King Qing of Zhou, 19th Zhou king
- Jee Yong-ju, amateur boxer from South Korea (1948-1985)
- Lu Hui Gong
- Lu Xiao Gong
- Xu Mu, 7th-century BC Chinese princess, politician and poet

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Jia, Joy, Jay, Joe, Jo, Joo, Joya, Ju, Jha, Jew, Jue, Joye.

## 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.