# Qi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/qi/  
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) | 2,354 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,042 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,158 people |
| Change since 2000 | +121% (1,066 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃiː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Ch'i, Chi |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 齊 /齐 (Qí).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Qi 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) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Qi in the People's Republic of China and Tang dynasty.

## People named Qi

- Qi Xin, 2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping
- Qi Xuefei, badminton player
- Zhanran, 8th century Chinese Buddhist monk, the sixth Tiantai patriarch
- Kevin Han, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Qiu, Qu, Quay, Que.

## 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.