Jin

At the 2020 census, 15,932 Americans bore the surname Jin — 2,228th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 18,800.

By the numbers

People: 15,932
Rank: 2,228th
How common: 1 in 18,800
Per 100,000: 5.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Jin described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 95.8%
White, not Hispanic 2.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.0%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
Hispanic or Latino 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.03%

Notable people called Jin

Ba Jin (1904–2005)Chinese novelist and anarchist activist
Qiu Jin (1875–1907)Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer
Emperor Wu of Jin (236–290)Emperor of the Jin Dynasty from 266 to 290
Jin Xing (born 1967)Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer and actress
Jin Jong-oh (born 1979)South Korean sports shooter
Jin of Xia (died 1900 BC)13th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty
Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068–1123)Jin Dynasty emperor
Ha Jin (born 1956)author and poet

People named Jin with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Jin

Jinks

Also a first name

Jin has been given to 1,845 American babies as a first name since 1961, peaking in 2023. See it as a given name.

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.