# Chin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,487 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,279 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (25,673 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various Chinese characters, e.g. Hakka 陳／陈 (Chhṳ̀n), Taishanese 陳 /陈 (cin³), Cantonese 錢／钱 (cin4), Mandarin 金 (Chin¹), and Mandarin 秦 (Chʻin²).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 76% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 8.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chin in the United States, Malaysia and Australia.

## People named Chin

- Jimmy Chin, American mountain climber, filmmaker
- Tiffany Chin, American figure skater
- Marilyn Chin, American writer
- Chin Eei Hui, badminton player
- Arthur Chin, American World War II flying ace (1913–1997)
- Lee Lin Chin, Australian journalist

## Similar surnames

Chen, Chan, Chun, Chinn, Chien, Chon, Chunn, Chino, Chain, China, Cain, Cohn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.