How Many People Have the Last Name Cai?
people had the surname Cai in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 34,843 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+4,171 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cai (95.8%) are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, Cai ranks #176. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
See the most common Asian last names.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cai grew from 4,286 people in 2000 to 8,457 in 2010 (up 97.3%), and its rank rose from #7,178 to #4,191.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 4,286 | 8,457 |
| Rank | #7,178 | #4,191 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.59 | 2.87 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cai
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cai: C000
👤 Cai as a First Name
Cai is a first name too: about 1,928 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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