Kyi
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kyi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany).
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 112K
- USUnited States1 in 459K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈41,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany).
Sources 2
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kyi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #43 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | listed | Kyi | 72 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 196K | — | Kyi | 8 |
| US United States | — | 724 | 1 in 459K | 1.1K | Kyi | 125 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Kyi | 4 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Kyi | 17 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Kyi | 14 |
| NO Norway | — | 34 | 1 in 161K | 34 | Kyi | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kyi is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, v. [red. kyikyi] to press, squeeze, wring or crush out; wg- horo ntama a, wokyi mu nsu no agu, in washing clothes tJie water is wrung out fram them; kyikyi atam no mu; - kyi nufu, to milk; kokyi nnuan no nufu, go and milk the goats; - kyi nuo, to press otU oil; kyi bobe-aba, to pre^s grapes; Gen. 40,11
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Swedish, historical orders
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In clt, to crack
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In acn, star
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Akan, 1. 2. gu (xagu); - kyi nsu, to trickle down. La. 3,49. akyi, 1,+ bepo no akyi nob6a, beyond tJie mountain. Ge. 35,21
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, kyirikyikyiri, vttriilines-% rashtfess; oytj ky., he does not sit qidet, is rash, nnnd//, turhtdcnl, refractory
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kyi Myuntb. 1943MMbadminton player
- Jamyang Kyib. 1965CNTibetan singer and activist
- Tanya Lloyd Kyib. 1973CACanadian writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,413 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 724 | #31,873 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 307 | #61,207 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 34 | #32,751 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kyi mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Kyi?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ/ (IPA) for Burmese.
- In which country does Kyi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 41 thousand people named Kyi in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kyi.
- How common is the name Kyi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 724 people named Kyi in 2010, about 1 in 459 thousand residents.
- How common is Kyi compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Kyi is the 43rd most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kyiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kyi” — the 43rd most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.