Tsui
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈsui/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tsui is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Cantonese 徐 (ceoi⁴).
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 324(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 25K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 33K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 314 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 324 (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Cantonese 徐 (ceoi⁴).
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tsui 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Tsui | 50 |
| HK Hong Kong | #106 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 324 | — | Tsui | 109 |
| US United States | — | 3,168 | 1 in 105K | 3.4K | Tsui | 314 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Tsui | 164 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 1 | Tsui | 124 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Tsui | 46 |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
Tsui is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In kr, an impers. verb: it is enough, it will do
as a wordKanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of つい
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, a surname from Cantonese
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In azg, turtle, tortoise
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ann Huib. 1947CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress (born 1947)
- Norman Chuib. 1950CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1950-2024)
- Tsui Harkb. 1951VNHong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer
- Hui Ka Yanb. 1958CNnot in their usual nameChinese entrepreneur (1958-)
- Xu Qinb. 1961CNnot in their usual nameSecretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Raman Huib. 1963CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director
- Vivian Hsub. 1975TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress and singer
- Xu Yuhuab. 1976CNnot in their usual nameChinese chess player
- Barbie Hsub. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress, singer and television presenter (1976–2025)
- Tiffany Hsub. 1984TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress and model
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 32 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.4K | #9,296 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.2K | #10,180 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.7K | #10,748 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Tsui mean, and where does it come from?
- From Cantonese 徐 (ceoi⁴). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Tsui?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsui/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tsui have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 112 thousand people named Tsui in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tsui.
- How common is the name Tsui?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,168 people named Tsui in 2010, about 1 in 105 thousand residents.
- How common is Tsui compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Tsui is the 106th most common surname of 8,142 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tsui?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tsuiThe 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, “Tsui” — the 106th most common surname in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.