# Shin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shin/  
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 Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,735 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,656 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,205 people |
| Change since 2000 | +37% (15,857 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 신 (sin), derived from 申, 辛, or 愼.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shin 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) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shin in the United States.

## People named Shin

- Eddie Shin, American actor
- Kim Chi, American drag queen and Drag Race alumna

## Similar surnames

Shen, Shinn, Shane, Shine, Shain, Sheen, Shan, Shon, Sion, Sian, Shim, Sohn.

## 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.