Yǐn (surname)


Yin is a Chinese surname. In 800 BCE, Bo Jifu, a renowned judge during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, held the position of Yin and changed his name to Yin Jifu. During the era of the Imperial Examination System, three other magistrates took on the surname Yǐn to denote their Imperial rank and favoured status. It is the 100th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
The Korean surname Yun and the Vietnamese surname Doãn are derived from Yin and traditionally written in the same Chinese character.
A 2013 study found it to be the 79th most common surname, being shared by 3,460,000 people or 0.260% of the population, with the province with the most being Hunan.

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