Qi (surname)

For other uses of "Qi", see Qi (disambiguation).

Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including 祁 (Qí), 齊ひとし/齐 (Qí), 戚 (Qī), 乞 (Qí), 奇き (Qí), 亓 (Qí) and 綦 (Qí).

Qí (祁) surname

Qi (祁, also commonly written as Chi, and Kei in Cantonese) is a Chinese surname. It originated from the descendants of Shaohao, descendant of Yao (ruler), Ji (姬ひめ) family of Jin (Chinese state), Khitan people of Liao dynasty, Hui people of during the Han dynasty, Dongxiang people.

176th most common name, shared by 800,000 people or 0.061% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most.

Notable people

• Qi Jingyi (祁靜一いち), Chinese Muslim Qadiriyyah Sufi master
• Qi Hong (祁宏), Chinese footballer
• Qi Jianxin (祁建新しん), mathematics educator
• Qi Qi (祁琦), gymnast

Qí (齊ひとし/齐)

Main article: Qi (surname 齊ひとし)

Qī (戚) surname

Qi (戚, also written as Chik in Cantonese) is Chinese surname of Wei (state) (魏たかし). 204th most common, shared by 530,000 people or 0.040% of the population, with the province with the most being Jiangsu. It is the 33rd name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

Notable people

• Qi Benyu (戚本禹), Mao-era political figure
• Qi Jiguang (戚繼光こう), military general during the Ming dynasty
• Qi Jingxuan (戚惊萱かや), Chinese International Master chess player
• Qi Yuwu (戚玉武たけし), Chinese actor

Qí (乞) surname

Qi (乞, also commonly written as Chi, or Hat or Gat in Cantonese) is Chinese surname, originated from Jiang (surname) (姜きょう) of Qi (state) (齐), and Xianbei of Northern Wei, Mongolian of Yuan Dynasty, Jurchens people of Qing Dynasty. It is not within the top 400 most common names in 2013.

Qí (奇き) surname

Qi (奇き, also commonly written as Ji or Ci in mandarin, Kei in Cantonese) is Chinese surname. during the Qing Dynasty, Khitan people Cideri (奇き德とく哩まいる), Cidumu (奇き杜もり穆きよし), Cileng (奇き楞), Cimosi (奇き墨すみ斯), Citela (奇き塔とう喇), Cilei (奇き壘るい) reduce surname Qi (奇き). during the Qing Dynasty, Jurchen the Du (surname) (杜もり) family Chenge surname to Qi (奇き).

During the Northern Wei, Qijin (奇き斤きん) family reduce their surname to Qi (奇き). During the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian Cirgote (奇き尔果特とく) was reduced to Qi (奇き). During the middle Zhou Dynasty, Lu (state)'s Ji (姬ひめ) family took the surname Qi (奇き).

In Korea, it is romanized as Ki or Gi.

It was not within the 400 most common names in 2013.

Qí (亓) surname

Qi (亓 also written as Kei in Cantonese) is Chinese surname from Qiquan (亓官) the name of Public Office during the Xia dynasty. In 2013 it was the 346th most common surnames, shared by 134,000 people or 0.010% of the population, with the province with the most being Shandong.