Bai Family History
- Bai Name Meaning
- Chinese : according to legend, this name comes from Bai Huang, the name of a prehistoric Chinese leader. At a later date, the kingdom of Bai in the area of present-day Henan province gave its name to descendants of its ruling clan. The Chinese character for this name may also mean ‘cypress’. Chinese : from the name of the Victorious Duke Bai of the kingdom of Chu, who lived during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). This Chinese character may also mean ‘white’ or ‘clear’. Korean: variant of Pae.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 27,563 Historical Documents with Bai on Ancestry
- 16,192 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,190 Census and Voter Lists
- 6,759 Military Records
- 1,105 Immigration Records
- 1,317 Member Trees
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Number of Bai families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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