Chin Family History

1 English (Cornwall): variant of Chinn. Chinese: alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 金, 靳 and 晉 see Jin 1- Chinese: alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 秦, 琴, 覃, 欽 and 勤 see Qin 1-5.

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 錢 see Qian. Chinese: Hokkien or Taiwanese Romanization of the surname 甄 see Zhen. Chinese: Hakka Romanization of the surname 陳 see Chen.

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surnames 展 and 戰 see Zhan 4 and 5.7: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 程 see Cheng 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄭 see Zheng.

9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 莊 see Zhuang.10: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 曾 see Zeng.

1 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 Koryŏ period (AD 918–1392).