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Yìn (surname)
Chinese family name From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yin (印) is a Chinese surname meaning "stamp" or "seal".[1][2] According to a 2013 study, it was the 355th most common name in China; it was shared by 121,000 people, or 0.0091% of the population, with the province with the most people being Jiangsu.[3] It is the 265th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[4]
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Origins
The surname originates with Zi Yin (子印), the courtesy name of Lun, son of Duke Mu of Zheng (ruled 627–606 BC).[5]
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