# Ni (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ni/  
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) | 4,624 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,217 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,770 people |
| Change since 2000 | +91% (2,418 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ni 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) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Nigh, Nie, Niu, Nye, New, Noe, Noah, Nay, Neu, Ney, Nau, Nee.

## 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.