Ki Surname

3,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145,326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Ki Surname Definition:

Ki is a surname of the Kaonde tribe, meaning: prefix for something or someone big.

Ki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India59,6031:12,8701,058
South Korea30,0191:1,70762
Burkina Faso18,6751:983155
Cambodia15,4261:1,004263
Vietnam9,1151:10,164278
Japan6,1751:20,7042,302
Indonesia1,2281:107,69511,023
United States8241:439,87737,819
Egypt6101:150,71411,610
Pakistan5271:338,9836,789
United Arab Emirates3541:25,8822,904
Hong Kong2951:24,866485
Taiwan2511:93,405928
Malaysia2191:134,6778,636
Ivory Coast1831:126,0726,156
Canada1681:219,31921,150
Thailand1551:455,73179,917
Benin1381:74,8968,970
Kenya1291:357,98420,934
China1061:12,899,260779
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Papua New Guinea811:100,66313,542
Australia781:346,09929,260
Philippines591:1,715,902111,316
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Brazil451:4,757,207124,005
Cameroon441:472,02438,779
Northern Cyprus381:8,3952,026
Portugal381:274,16410,086
England371:1,505,89364,828
France371:1,795,209158,669
Myanmar361:1,442,722585
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Afghanistan311:1,037,1999,747
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Algeria161:2,414,47244,357
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Iran131:5,906,348134,214
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Laos91:732,036508
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Syria71:2,757,28911,022
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Bhutan51:123,208891
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

The alternate forms: (1) are calculated separately.

Ki (291,389) may also be a first name.

Ki Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ki is a surname of the Kaonde tribe, meaning: prefix for something or someone big.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Ki Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ki Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ki (Bengali: কি, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ, Hindi: कि, Marathi: की, Oriya: କି, Tibetan: སྐྱིད།) is most common in India. It can be found as: . Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ki? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ki is the 3,851st most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 50,146 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ki reside; 41 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ki is also the 3,600th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 291,389 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 59,603 people, or 1 in 12,870. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 96 percent live, Gujarat, where 1 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 116 countries. It is also found in South Korea, where 21 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live.

Ki Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ki has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,296 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ki Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (65%) in Russia and Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Ki are 7.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Ki earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.82% less than the national average, earning R 64,584 per year; in United States they earn 12.16% more than the national average, earning $48,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.83% more than the national average, earning $54,568 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
831/
Kai80144,948/
Kyi80130,849/
Kui80129,506/
Khi8029,761/
Koi8023,049/
Kei8019,855/
Kie8013,022/
Kii8010,225/
Kio807,830/
Kij802,420/
Kiy802,060/
Kih80745/
Kki80195/
Kiß80167/
Kiș8045/
Kói8029/
Hki8025/
Kgi8011/
Kqi808/
Qki806/
Gki806/
Kéi803/
Ōki801/
Kiç801/
Khai6719,106/
Khoi679,337/
Kägi672,652/
Kieh671,765/
Kaia671,408/
Kaai671,107/
Kaij671,062/
Khie67862/
Khui67736/
Keij67615/
Khei67588/
Kioa67415/
Kaić67369/
Kipf67343/
Koiš67265/
Khio67220/
Kiey67194/
Køie67122/
Kuić67116/
Khih67108/
Kaih67102/
Kihs6799/
Keih6782/
Kije6776/
Kiea6760/
Keiß6757/
Kihe6756/
Koij6754/
Koih6748/
Kuui6742/
Kaiß6725/
Kaiš6722/
Kaiy6719/
Kgai6719/
Kuiš6715/
Kioy6712/
Kuih6712/
Koiy678/
Hkio677/
Khij675/
Kiej675/
Kaič675/
Ckki674/
Kkii674/
Kişş674/
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Kijh674/
Kuiy673/
Kihh673/
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Kijd672/
Kuij672/
Qkai672/
Keić672/
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Kizė671/
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Ki Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ki in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻲky-
Ki in the Marathi language
कीki-
Ki in the Bengali language
কিki85.71
কীki14.29
Ki in the Oriya language
କିki66.67
କୀki33.33
Ki in the Tibetan language
སྐྱིད།kyi57.14
སྐྱིད་kyi14.29
སྐྱིདkyi14.29
ཀི་ki14.29
Ki in the Hindi language
किki40.35
कीki30.37
किशनkisana9.65
किशोरkisora8.1
किरणkirana4.8
किशोरीkisori3.15
सीsi0.05
पीpi0.05

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