Chinn

Chinn is a surname, originating both in England and among overseas Chinese communities.

Chinn
Pronunciation/tʃɪn/
Language(s)English
Other names
Variant form(s)Chin

Origins and statistics

As an English surname, it originated as a nickname for people with prominent chins, from Middle English chinne or chyn. It is also a spelling, based on the pronunciation in some varieties of Chinese including Hakka, of the surname pronounced Chen in Mandarin. The similarly-spelled surname Chin also shares both of these origins.[1]

According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, 1,316 people on the island of Great Britain and four on the island of Ireland bore the surname Chinn in 2011. In 1881 there were 1,032 people with the surname in Great Britain, primarily at Warwickshire and Cornwall.[1]

The 2010 United States Census found 6,211 people with the surname Chinn, making it the 5,601st-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase in absolute numbers, but a decrease in relative frequency, from 6,146 (5,220th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about half of the bearers of the surname identified as White, one-quarter as Asian, and one-fifth as Black.[2]

People

Fictional characters
  • Maya Chinn, minor character in the American soap opera Passions
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References
  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 495. ISBN 9780192527479.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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