Yìn (surname)

Yìn
Stroke order of the 印 character
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYìn
Wade–GilesYin4
IPA[în]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJan3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJÌn
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese/ʔiɪnH/

Yin (印) is a Chinese surname meaning "stamp" or "seal". 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. It is the 265th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.