The kin Surname

kin Name Meaning and History

English: from a Middle English personal name, Kin, Kinna, which is a shortened form of any of various Old English names beginning with Cyne ‘royal’, for example Cynesige (see Kinsey).
Dutch: nickname for someone with a pointed or jutting chin.
Dutch: from Middle Dutch kinne ‘kin’.
Hungarian: nickname from kín ‘pain’.
Variant of Korean Kim.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The kin name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kin family name as far back in history as possible.

kin Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of kin Families in the US in 1920

Number of kin families

18-33

7-17

1-6

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Mok KIN Arrested 1906 PA	Obits101	0
Kin	WGF	0
John and Maire Kin	Kin	14
KIN	Donnadaleelliott	0

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