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Jin

in California

There are 1,851 people with the last name "Jin" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Jin 1,532
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  1. is 1,528th most common Greenwood
  2. is 1,529th most common Harrell
  3. is 1,530th most common Hendrickson
  4. is 1,531st most common Kinney
  5. is 1,532nd most common Jin
  6. is 1,533rd most common Donahue
  7. is 1,534th most common Leslie
  8. is 1,535th most common Hardin
  9. is 1,536th most common Gibbons

Similar Names and Nicknames

Jim, Jan, Jun, Jon, Jen, Jam, Jum, Jom, Jem, Jgm

Most Common First Names for Jin

Ming, Yu, Hui, Ying, Young, Yong, Hua, Chang, Hong, Jing

Meaning & History

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Jin

Chinese 金: from the honorary surname, Jin Tianshi of Shao Hao, a son of the legendary emperor Huang Di of the 26th century BC. The character for jin also means ‘gold’ or ‘metal’. Some later descendants of Shao Hao adopted Jin as their surname.

Chinese 靳: from the name of Jin Shang, a chief official in the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC). Some of his descendants adopted this surname.

Chinese 晋: from the name of the Jin river. Wu Wang, the first king of the Zhou dynasty (1122–16 BC), granted the state of Tang to his third son. Since the Jin river flowed through it, the name of the state was later changed to Jin. Descendants of the third son adopted the new name of the state name as their surname.

Korean: variant of Chin 4.

Japanese: ‘ranks’ or ‘battle array’. The name is not common in Japan.

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