How common is the surname Chin?

27,487 people in the United States had the surname Chin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,232 Americans. It ranked 1,279th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chin?

Jimmy Chin, American mountain climber, filmmaker, followed by Tiffany Chin.

Where is the surname Chin most common?

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

Is the surname Chin getting more or less common?

More common. 25,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,487 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Chin

A Chinese surname, carried by 27,487 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chin is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,487 people named Chin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,232 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,673.

#1,279

rank among US surnames

27,487

people in 2010

9.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,255)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,270	Jamison	27,697	11,147
#1,271	Lyon	27,690	11,150
#1,272	Locke	27,643	11,169
#1,273	Puckett	27,627	11,175
#1,274	Coronado	27,626	11,176
#1,275	Olvera	27,551	11,206
#1,276	Sykes	27,546	11,208

Who is named Chin

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

76% of people named Chin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.1% as two or more races and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Chins

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jimmy Chin
American mountain climber, filmmaker, born 1973
Tiffany Chin
American figure skater, born 1967
Marilyn Chin
American writer, born 1955
Chin Eei Hui
Badminton player, born 1982
Arthur Chin
American World War II flying ace (1913–1997)
Lee Lin Chin
Australian journalist

Notable Chins come mostly from the United States (4), Malaysia (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chin

Chin has the Soundex code C500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C500.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chin come from?: 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).
How common is the surname Chin?: 27,487 people in the United States had the surname Chin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,232 Americans. It ranked 1,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chin?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Chin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Chin?: Jimmy Chin, American mountain climber, filmmaker, followed by Tiffany Chin.
Where is the surname Chin most common?: Wikidata records people named Chin in the United States, Malaysia and Australia.
Is the surname Chin getting more or less common?: More common. 25,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,487 in 2010, up 7.1%.