Yin (
Chinese: 尹;
pinyin: Yǐn;
Jyutping: Wan5;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ún / Ín) 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 (equivalent to First Minister or most favored Minister) and changed his name to
Yin Jifu. During the era of the
Imperial Examination System, three other
magistrates took on the surname Yǐn (尹) to denote their Imperial rank and favoured status. It is the 100th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1]
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.[2]
Notable people
Yiin Chii-ming (尹啟銘; born 1952) Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (2008–2009)
Yin Fu (尹福), creator of a sub-branch of the Bagua martial art; bodyguard to the
Empress Dowager Cixi and personal trainer of the Emperor.
Yin Han and Yin Zhen, members of the judiciary of the
Han dynasty.
Yin Zhongke, a member of the judiciary of the
Song dynasty.
Yin Zhangsheng, a painter of the Song dynasty,
Yin Wen, a personal tutor of princes of the
Ming dynasty
Wan Kwong (尹光, born 1949 in Saigon, Vietnam), Hong Kong pop singer, born Lui Minkwong (呂明光 and also known as Jackson Wan Kwong), a singer from Hong Kong, known as "The Temple Street Prince"
Terence Yin Chi-wai (尹子維; born 1975), a Chinese film actor
Samuel Yin (尹衍樑; born 1950) Taiwanese billionaire businessman and philanthropist
Xi Yin (尹希; born 1983) a Chinese-American theoretical physicist
Yin Mingshan (尹明善; born 1938 in Chongqing, Sichuan) a Chinese businessman, the chairman of Lifan Industrial Corporation
Yin Haoyu (尹浩宇; born 2003), also known as Patrick Finkler. Thai-German actor, singer, songwriter and model, member of the multi-national Chinese group
INTO1, a debuted boy group of
Produce Camp 2021.
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