Catalan: topographic name from pi ‘pine tree’, or
habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this
word.Chinese : from a character in the
personal name of Fan Zhongpi, son of Wen Wang, the virtuous duke whose
magnanimous rule led to the establishment of the Zhou dynasty in 1122
bc. Generations later, a branch of his descendants adopted
the second character of his given name, Pi, as their surname.Chinese: see Bi.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pi
Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Pi last name
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Pi last name
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pi census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Pi surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry.co.uk.
You can find out where the majority of the Pi families were living before
they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival, and destination.