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The LAI surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 15,490 2148 0.006 57
United States (1880 census) 57 45743 0 1
Change since 1880 +15433 +43595 +N/A +56
Other Countries
Australia 2,565 618 0.016 157
United Kingdom 1,348 4104 0.003 29
Top States for LAI by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 6,606 476 0.020 195
New York 1,988 880 0.010 105
Texas 754 3106 0.004 36
New Jersey 641 1428 0.008 76
Florida 580 3626 0.004 36
Top States for LAI by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 284 288 0.023 234
California 6,606 476 0.020 195
New York 1,988 880 0.010 105
Washington 552 1330 0.009 94
Massachusetts 523 1773 0.008 82

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LAI live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LAI represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LAI in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LAI by picking someone at random in Hawaii than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LAI

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAI surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LAI in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 576 3.72
Mixed Race 452 2.92
White (Hispanic) 115 0.74
Asian/Pacific 14,283 92.21
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LAI surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LAI in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LAI.

Similar names to LAI

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAI.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LAI

The following words are slight variants of LAI that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.