Pi (surname)

{{for|the surname romanized Pi in Wade–Giles|Bi (surname)}} {{distinguish|Pei (surname)|Bei (surname)}} {{Infobox surname | name = Pi (皮) | image = 皮-order.gif | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = Pí (Mandarin)<br />Pei (Cantonese) | language = Chinese | languageorigin = Old Chinese | origin = | derivation = | meaning = | variant = P'i | cognate = | derivative = | seealso = | family = }} '''Pi''' is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written {{linktext|皮}} in Chinese character. It is romanized '''P'i''' in Wade–Giles, and '''Pei''' in Cantonese. Pi is listed 85th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guoxue.com/gxrm/gx_bjx.htm |title=百家姓 |trans-title=Hundred Family Surnames |publisher=Guoxue |language=Chinese |accessdate=2014-09-16}}</ref> According to a 2008 study, it was not among the 300 most common surnames in China.<ref name=top300>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm |script-title=zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）|trans-title=300 most common surnames in China (2008) |publisher=Taiwan.cn |language=Chinese |date=2009-01-06 |accessdate=2014-09-24}}</ref> However a 2013 study found that it was the 279th most common name, being shared by 229,000 people or 0.017% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.

The same surname is also a Korean family name ({{Korean|hangul=피|mr=P'i}}), shared by 6,578 people in South Korea in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=성씨ㆍ본관별 인구 - 시군구|url=https://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1IN15SB&vw_cd=MT_ZTITLE&list_id=A11_2015_1_10_50&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=%25EC%259D%25B8%25EA%25B5%25AC%25C2%25B7%25EA%25B0%2580%25EA%25B5%25AC%2520%253E%2520%25EC%259D%25B8%25EA%25B5%25AC%25EC%25B4%259D%25EC%25A1%25B0%25EC%2582%25AC%2520%253E%2520%25EC%259D%25B8%25EA%25B5%25AC%25EB%25B6%2580%25EB%25AC%25B8%2520%253E%2520%25EC%25B4%259D%25EC%25A1%25B0%25EC%2582%25AC%25EC%259D%25B8%25EA%25B5%25AC(2015%25EB%2585%2584%2520%25EC%259D%25B4%25ED%259B%2584)%2520%253E%2520%25EC%25A0%2584%25EC%2588%2598%25EB%25B6%2580%25EB%25AC%25B8%2520(%25EB%2593%25B1%25EB%25A1%259D%25EC%2584%25BC%25EC%2584%259C%25EC%258A%25A4%252C%25202015%25EB%2585%2584%2520%25EC%259D%25B4%25ED%259B%2584)%2520%253E%2520%25EC%2584%25B1%25EC%2594%25A8%252C%2520%25EB%25B3%25B8%25EA%25B4%2580%2520(2015%25EB%2585%2584)%25EC%2584%25B1%25EC%2594%25A8%25E3%2586%258D%25EB%25B3%25B8%25EA%25B4%2580%25EB%25B3%2584%2520%25EC%259D%25B8%25EA%25B5%25AC%2520-%2520%25EC%258B%259C%25EA%25B5%25B0%25EA%25B5%25AC|access-date=2021-08-11|website=kosis.kr|language=Korean}}</ref>

==Notable people== * Rixiu (ca. 834–883), classixal poet * Pi Guangye (877–943), chancellor of the Wuyue Kingdom * Pi Xirui (皮錫瑞; 1850–1908), Confucianist * Pi Zongshi (1887–1967), President of Hunan University * Ignatius Pi Shushi (1897–1978), archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang * Pi Dingjun (皮定钧; 1914–1976), PLA lieutenant general * So-Young Pi (born 1946), South Korean physicist * Pi Hongyan (born 1979), Chinese-born French badminton player

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