The surname Ni
A Chinese surname, carried by 4,624 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex N000
Origin
Chinese origin
* (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,624 people named Ni in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,770 Americans. That is up 91% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,418.
Who is named Ni
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Ni identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ni has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ni come from?
- * (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).
- How common is the surname Ni?
- 4,624 people in the United States had the surname Ni in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,770 Americans. It ranked 7,217th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ni?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ni identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ni getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,624 in 2010, up 91%.