Yīn (surname)
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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.[1]
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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) |
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