Chin Family History
Chin Name Meaning
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 (
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022