Yīn (surname)
Yin surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Yīn (Pinyin) In (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Yan and Wan (Jyutping) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Word/name | Name of the Yin dynasty |
| Derivation | Zi (子) |
| Meaning | "Flourishing" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Heung (Teochew) In (Hokkien, Sino-Japanese) Eun (Yoon) (殷, 은) (Sino-Korean) |
Yīn (Chinese: 殷; pinyin: Yīn) is a Chinese surname. It is derived from the name of the capital of the Shang dynasty. A 2013 study found that it was the 126th most common surname, being shared by 1,470,000 people or 0.110% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most. It is the 74th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.