Cai is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cai
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Cai

How popular is Cai?

Cai is common in China.

Cai is ranked 65 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Cais grew by 97.31685 per cent to 8457 since 2000 and ranked 4191 after elevating 2987 spots. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.83 95.96
White 1.54 1.56
Others 1.08 1.26
Hispanic or Latino 0.91 0
Cai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 6740358 people have been found who wears Cai as their family name. Cai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
1,667 Cambodia4
122,390 Belarus4
11,802 Egypt4
1,644 Nepal3
3,519 Benin3
7,619 Ecuador3
7,294 Kuwait3
4,086 Angola2
147,165 Czech Republic2
385 American Samoa2
13,552 Qatar2
20,837 Venezuela2
12,844 Pakistan2
41,879 Turkey2
6,103 Cyprus2
17,692 Armenia2
20,186 Kenya2
3,670 Mozambique2
90,903 Moldova1
31,584 Peru1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
2,211 Brunei1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
20,172 Hungary1
17,236 Ghana1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,993 El Salvador1
510 East Timor1
734 Chad1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,181 Botswana1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,542 Andorra1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
12,270 Lebanon1
24,421 Slovakia1
591 Samoa1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
5,872 Namibia1
6,212 Jamaica1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
70,042 Kazakhstan29
11,444 Portugal28
3,071 Costa Rica22
447 South Korea20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
10,596 Colombia87
181,597 India83
1,122 Thailand80
9,698 Norway79
9,536 Finland72
145,861 Russia70
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Cai:
13,984 Indonesia870
11,383 Argentina478
26,547 Brazil461
202 Macau376
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
3,243 Sweden305
2,550 New Zealand296
4,547 Switzerland261
11,454 Netherlands248
5,909 Austria210
27,867 South Africa201
28,734 Poland191
3,830 Scotland158
11,679 Belgium156
6,720 United Arab Emirates145
2,864 Wales135
23,602 Mexico131
3,096 Ireland131
1,132 Suriname107
5,770 Denmark103
Countries with thousands of Cai:
388 Vietnam9,738
4,607 United States8,628
165 Taiwan6,606
134 Singapore4,477
178 Hong Kong3,167
4,691 Philippines2,900
1,950 Canada2,578
3,648 Germany2,421
1,426 Australia2,232
4,233 France1,910
3,999 England1,877
8,641 Italy1,254
2,247 Malaysia1,189
4,119 Spain1,085
Countries with ten thousands of Cai:
1,219 Japan12,919
Countries with millions of Cai:
44 China6,671,255
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Cook Roberto Cai from Italy aboard the Chateau Leoville from Bordeaux. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in New York on January 29, 1883.

Cai Namesakes

  • Nicholas Cain, Author
  • Brenainn mac Cairbre, Kings of Uí Maine
  • Brenainn mac Cairbre, Kings of Uí Maine
  • John Caird, Stage Director
  • Haydée Caillot, Actress
  • Nick Caistor, Translator
  • Aisha Cain, Actress
  • Urbano Cairo, Businessman
  • Alita Caiuby, Musical Artist
  • John Caird, Stage Director
  • Yixin Cai, from 2018 0 film Maskani Yangu Yako Wapi, who played Extra.
  • In 1991, Feng Cai portrayed the role of N in family movie Feng yu gu yuan.
  • In 2016, Yifan Cai played the role of Xiaobei in drama movie Dong jing bu re.
  • Juntao Cai portrayed leading character of Bi Yi and Liu in 2016 horror film Huang cun xiong jian.
  • Gang Cai portrayed central role of N in 2010 romance flick Love Is the Last Word.
  • Lihua Cai, from 1960 drama flick Mu yu nu, who characterized Shuming.
  • In 2012 comedy flick, Celebrity Sex Tape, Howard Cai characterized Kwan.

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