Gyi
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gyi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common surname.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 15K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 38K
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
- 60 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gyi 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) | #13 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Gyi | 56 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Gyi | 16 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Gyi | 13 |
| US United States | — | 131 | 1 in 2.5M | 194 | Gyi | 60 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Gyi | 4 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 730K | — | Gyi | 3 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 265K | — | Gyi | 3 |
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. 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)
Gyi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, gy jVg y i g y {\ a,, ad v. unsteady, unstable, fickle, variable ; unsettled, disorderly; oye n'ani f^y„ he is unsteady <€r, onam gy, nti, ehkyere se no koma da neyam\ his rash, restless, stormy, fidgefty manner shows that his heart is not at peace
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
ISO 639-3 language code for Gyele.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nko, to eat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 194 | #99,694 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 131 | #129,825 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Gyi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Gyi in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gyi.
- How common is the name Gyi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 131 people named Gyi in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
- How common is Gyi compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Gyi is the 13th most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gyi?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gyiThe 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, “Gyi” — the 13th most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.