Yin (印) is a Chinese surname meaning "stamp" or "seal".[1][2] According to a 2013 study, it was the 355th most common name in China; it was shared by 121,000 people, or 0.0091% of the population, with the province with the most people being Jiangsu.[3] It is the 265th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[4]
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Origins edit
The surname originates with Zi Yin (子印), the courtesy name of Lun, son of Duke Mu of Zheng (ruled 627–606 BC).[5]
Notable people edit
References edit
- ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland%20(%E5%8D%B0%20surname&f=false
- ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ "Yin Name Meaning & Yin Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
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