Xi Surname

708th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 774,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
China

Xi Surname User-submission:

The surname Xi comes from the Chinese word 希 (), which means 'hope' or 'rare'. Variants of the surname include Xinyi or Xinyu.

Xi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China761,5551:1,795150
Vietnam3,3771:27,434432
Taiwan2,0671:11,342201
Thailand1,9751:35,7663,769
Guatemala1,1511:13,9731,326
United States9481:382,34133,740
Singapore8051:6,842412
Hong Kong6041:12,145346
Canada3501:105,27311,355
Australia3361:80,3449,348
Malaysia1771:166,63410,180
England691:807,50843,459
Russia641:2,251,923134,938
Japan631:2,029,27428,003
Belize611:5,827978
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
France271:2,460,101186,232
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Norway121:428,52437,411
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Finland111:499,70030,478
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
India61:127,844,230863,365
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Macau11:601,6301,582
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: (1) are calculated separately.

Xi (34,801) may also be a first name.

Xi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Xi comes from the Chinese word 希 (), which means 'hope' or 'rare'. Variants of the surname include Xinyi or Xinyu.

- syedhumaid109

Xi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Xi is carried by more people in China than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: . For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Xi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 708th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,415 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Xi live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 24,845th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 34,801 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in China, where it is borne by 761,555 people, or 1 in 1,795. Outside of China Xi exists in 84 countries. It is also common in Vietnam, where 0 percent live and Taiwan, where 0 percent live.

Xi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Xi last name are 3.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Xi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.81% less than the national average, earning 218,689 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 75.51% less than the national average, earning R 58,200 per year; in United States they earn 10.66% more than the national average, earning $47,749 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $51,957 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Xi
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