How common is the surname Qi?

2,354 people in the United States had the surname Qi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Qi?

Qi Xin, 2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, followed by Qi Xuefei.

Where is the surname Qi most common?

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

How do you pronounce Qi?

Qi is /t͡ʃiː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Qi getting more or less common?

More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 121%.

Is Qi also a first name?

Yes. Qi is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Qi

A surname, carried by 2,354 people in the United States.

Pronounced /t͡ʃiː/ 1 syllable Soundex Q000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Qi is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,354 people named Qi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. That is up 121% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,066.

#13,042

rank among US surnames

2,354

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+120.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,521)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214

Who is named Qi

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

98% of people named Qi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Qis

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Qi Xin
2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, born 1926
Qi Xuefei
Badminton player, born 1992
Zhanran
8th century Chinese Buddhist monk, the sixth Tiantai patriarch, 711–782
Kevin Han
Badminton player, born 1972

Notable Qis come mostly from the People's Republic of China (3) and Tang dynasty (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Qi

Qi has the Soundex code Q000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q000.

Questions

Where does the surname Qi come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 齊 /齐 (Qí).
How common is the surname Qi?: 2,354 people in the United States had the surname Qi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Qi?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Qi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Qi?: Qi Xin, 2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping, followed by Qi Xuefei.
Where is the surname Qi most common?: Wikidata records people named Qi in the People's Republic of China and Tang dynasty.
How do you pronounce Qi?: Qi is /t͡ʃiː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Qi getting more or less common?: More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 121%.
What are other spellings of Qi?: Ch'i and Chi.
Is Qi also a first name?: Yes. Qi is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.