Mai

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: Scandinavia

Chinese surname with several origins: * from Mandarin 麥 /麦 (“wheat”), * from Mandarin and Cantonese 買 /买 (maai⁵, “buy”) * Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi). * Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma) * Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei) As a German surname, variant of May.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Mãi Variant with diacritics

Popularity by Country

Mai

Rank #2752

Frequency 12,027 people (4.46 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 14.5% Hispanic 0.93% Black 0.38% Asian/PI 81.94% Native Am. 0.12% Two+ 2.12%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Mai

Rank #8597

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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