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chin Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant spelling of Chinn.
  2. Chinese : variant of Jin 1.
  3. Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qian.
  4. Chinese : variant of Qin 1.
  5. Chinese : variant of Qin 2.
  6. Chinese : variant of Jin 2.
  7. Chinese : variant of Jin 3.
  8. Korean: there are four Chinese characters for the surname Chin, representing five clans. At least three of the clans have origins in China; most of them migrated to Korea during the Kory{ou} period (ad 918–1392).

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chin Family Facts

Distribution of chin Families in the US in 1920
Number of chin families
 200-397
 67-199
 1-66
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