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Hin Family History

Hin Name Meaning

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 邢 see Xing Chinese: possibly from a Cantonese form of the Chinese name 軒 (meaning ‘lofty’) a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some 19th-century Chinese immigrants in the US. Cambodian: written ហ៊ិន unexplained. Dutch: North Holland short form of Hindriks vowel variant of Hendriks . Compare Hink . South German: unexplained. It is found mainly in the southwestern part of Baden-Württemberg.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Han, Hain, Yin, Jin, Min, Qin, Lin, Chin, In, Din

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You can see how Hin families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hin family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Hin families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 4 Hin families living in Lancashire. This was about 67% of all the recorded Hin's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Hin families in 1891.

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Passenger Lists

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There are 15,000 military records available for the last name Hin. For the veterans among your Hin ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1965 and 2004, in the United States, Hin life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2001, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for Hin in 1965 was 70, and 64 in 2004.

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