The surname Jin
A surname, carried by 10,432 people in the United States.
Pronounced /d͡ʒɪn/ 1 syllable Soundex J500 Also a first name
Origin
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn), adopted as the name of a river in Shanxi in antiquity. As a Zhou state, from the renaming of the marchland Tang (唐) by its second marquis Ji Xie when he relocated to the Jin River c. 1000 BC. As a surname, principally from the Zhou state and its region in China. As an empire and dynastic name, from Sima Yan's status as prince of Jin under the preceding Wei Empire. As a river in Fujian, named for the empire, which settled its banks with colonizers from China's Central Plains. As a dialect, from 晉語／晋语 (Jìnyǔ), from the region of the former Zhou state.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 10,432 people named Jin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,596 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,186.
Who is named Jin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Jin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Jins
4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jin of Xia13th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty, died -1900
- Ha JinAuthor and poet, born 1956
- Deborah S. JinAmerican physicist (1968–2016)
- Jin Chao-chunActor, born 1951
Notable Jins come mostly from Xia dynasty (1), the People's Republic of China (1) and the United States (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Jin has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.
Questions
- Where does the surname Jin come from?
- The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn), adopted as the name of a river in Shanxi in antiquity. As a Zhou state, from the renaming of the marchland Tang (唐) by its second marquis Ji Xie when he relocated to the Jin River c. 1000 BC. As a surname,…
- How common is the surname Jin?
- 10,432 people in the United States had the surname Jin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,596 Americans. It ranked 3,421st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jin?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Jin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Jin?
- Jin of Xia, 13th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty, followed by Ha Jin.
- Where is the surname Jin most common?
- Wikidata records people named Jin in Xia dynasty, the People's Republic of China and the United States and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Jin?
- Jin is /d͡ʒɪn/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Jin getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,432 in 2010, up 101%.
- What are other spellings of Jin?
- Chin and Kin.
- Is Jin also a first name?
- Yes. Jin is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.