Cognomen Tai (Tai 
, タイ 
, تاي 
, and others...) , globally, is a widespread family name. The last name Tai is characteristic of Macao, where it is a common surname, Hong Kong, and Cayman Islands (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Likewise, Tai is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Tai | China, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Myanmar |
| タイ | Japan |
| تاي | Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan |
| Тай | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| טאי | Israel |
| Таи | Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus |
| 왕 | South Korea |
Chin, Dai, Džin, Hada, Hata, Jin, Kai, Mina, Minato, Rui, Ruì, Shin, Shinno, Sin, Sinno, Syin, Tae, Tahi, Talj, Tas, Tay, Tayi, Taì, Taí, Taî, Taï, Taĩ, Thae, Thai, Tie, Tikai, Tàghi, Tàghï, Tài, Tàí, Tàï, Tái, Tâi, Tâî, Tâï, Tãi, Tãí, Tãî, Tãï, Tè, Tāi, Tăî, Tăī, Yí, Đái, Đới, Šin, Ţàî, Ţǻĭ, Ťai, Ťàï, Ťáí, Ťáï, Ťáĩ, Ťâî, Ťãî, Ťăî, Ťăï, Ťăī, Ťăĭ, Ťại, Дай, И, Мина, Минато, Син, Синно, Таі, Тин, Хада, Хата, מינה, צ'ין, تاى, داي, طای, চিন, জিন, তাই, মিনা, হাদা, คนไท, ตัย, ต้าย, ใต้, ไต, ไตย, ไตย์, ไต่, ไต้, ไต๋, ไถ, ไถ่, ไถ้, ไท, ไทย, ไท้, ไท๋, ไธ, ໄຕ, တဲ, တဲ့, တဲး, တ်ဲ, တ်ဲး, តៃ, ទៃ, じん, みな, ダイ, テ, トアイ, 儓, 兌, 冭, 台, 囼, 坮, 太, 夳, 娧, 嬯, 孡, 忲, 态, 怠, 態, 戴, 戴氏, 抬, 擡, 旲, 枱, 檯, 殆, 汰, 泰, 溙, 炱, 炲, 燤, 特爱, 珆, 秦, 笞, 箈, 粏, 肽, 胎, 脫, 臺, 舦, 苔, 菭, 薹, 跆, 迨, 邰, 邰氏, 酞, 鈦, 銳, 钛, 锐, 颱, 駘, 鲐, 예, 태, and Ｔａｉ
| shi tai Song dynasty person CBDB = 38587 (b. 1022) |
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| jie tai Ming dynasty person CBDB = 109930 (b. 1312) |
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mu tai Tusi of Lijiang (b. 1455) |
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| ru tai Ming dynasty person CBDB = 201109 (b. 1453) |
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| ju tai Ming dynasty person CBDB = 201222 (b. 1461) |
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| liu tai Ming dynasty person CBDB = 132702 (b. 1465) |
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jean de la taille French writer, FR (b. 1535) |
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| li tai Ming dynasty person CBDB = 203311 (b. 1503) |
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| tai jia King of China during the Shang dynasty (b. 1550) |
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| tai heng Qing dynasty person CBDB = 82339 (b. 1662) |
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| tai wu Shang dynasty King of China (b. 1700) |
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| tai geng Shang dynasty king (b. 1700) |
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| tai telin Raja of Aundh mistress (b. 1701) |
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| tai changxun Qing dynasty person CBDB = 82340 (b. 1841) |
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| tai baifu person, CBDB = 73669 (b. 1846) |
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