Pi (surname)
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For the surname romanized Pi in Wade–Giles, see Bi (surname).
Not to be confused with Pei (surname) or Bei (surname).
Pi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 皮 in Chinese character. It is romanized P'i in Wade–Giles, and Pei in Cantonese. Pi is listed 85th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] According to a 2008 study, it was not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2] However a 2013 study found that it was the 279th most common name, being shared by 229,000 people or 0.017% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.
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Pronunciation | Pí (Mandarin) Pei (Cantonese) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
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Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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Variant form(s) | P'i |
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The same surname is also a Korean family name (Korean: 피; MR: P'i), shared by 6,578 people in South Korea in 2015.[3]