The Chin Surname
Chin Name Meaning and History
- English: variant spelling of Chinn.
- Chinese
: variant of Jin 1. - Chinese
:
Cantonese variant of Qian. - Chinese
:
variant of Qin 1. - Chinese
: variant of
Qin 2. - Chinese
: variant of Jin 2.
- Chinese
: variant of Jin 3. - 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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 32 - Messages: 62
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| chin from china |
 janmichaelchin
| 1 |
| Chin |
faithful222
| 11 |
| looking for family with chin last name |
cherokesj
| 6 |
| Evelyn Chin (born Evelyn Westhaver) |
whalewashingdolphin
| 1 |
| lost father |
yoko86
| 0 |
| Chin , Hong Kong, Guyana, Jamaica, England, Canada, Suranam |
j_chinaloy
| 1 |
| Death of Mr. Yung On Chin in China |
davwayell
| 0 |
| Sue Mei Chin obit | paul mcbride | 0 |
| George Eli Chinn and Agnus Woods | Olive Steinwandt | 1 |
| JOSEPH CHIN born about 1873/1874 TEXAS | rod | 0 |
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