Sin

Sin is the 8,485th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,731 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 80,100.

By the numbers

People: 3,731
Rank: 8,485th
How common: 1 in 80,100
Per 100,000: 1.3

Where the name comes from

Origin Chinese

From yue 單 or 冼.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 88.9%
White, not Hispanic 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Sin

Jaime Sin (1928–2005)Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila
Deposed Queen Sin (1476–1537)wife and Queen Consort of King Yeonsangun of Joseon, the 10th monarch of the Joseon Dynasty

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

Surnames like Sin

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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.