Ki Family History
- Ki Name Meaning
- Korean: there are two Chinese characters for the surname Ki, but one is extremely rare. Only the common one is discussed here. Only one Ki clan uses this other character, the Haengju Ki clan. The founder of the Haengju Ki clan, U-Song, is said to have been one of three sons of the 40th generation descendant of Kija, the founder of the ancient Choson kingdom in about 194 bc. The other two sons, U-P’yong and U-kyong, founded the Han clan and the Son’gan clan respectively.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 70,047 Historical Documents with Ki on Ancestry
- 25,940 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 21,515 Census and Voter Lists
- 16,294 Military Records
- 4,187 Immigration Records
- 2,111 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Ki census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Ki surname lived over the years.
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The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry. You can find out where the majority of the Ki families were living before they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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You can find out when most of the Ki families immigrated to Canada. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Ki census records
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