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Lin Family History

Lin Name Meaning
Chinese : from a word meaning ‘forest’. Bi Gan was a half-brother to Zhou Xin, the cruel and corrupt last king (1154–1123 bc) of the Shang dynasty. Bi Gan criticized his half-brother’s excesses, and for this he had his belly ripped open and his heart cut out. His wife fled to Chang Forest, where she gave birth to a son. When Zhou Xin was toppled by the new Zhou dynasty, the new Zhou ruler granted the son some land together with the name Lin.Chinese : variant of Lian 1.Scottish and English: perhaps a variant of Lynn. pwh.Dutch: probably a variant of Lyn.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

123,584 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lin
33,250 Census and Voter Lists
17,871 Immigration Records
34,809 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
5,846 Member Family Trees
31,808 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Lin Families

  • Number of Lin families
     33 - 63
     12 - 32
     1 - 11
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Lin families
     5 - 7
     2 - 4
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Lin families
     3 - 4
     2 - 2
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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