Chinese surnames

殷

yīn · Yin

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 74
Ancestral seat (junwang)
汝南
Wikidata
Q5409665

In other languages

  • German Yin
  • English Yin
  • Spanish Yin
  • French Yin
  • Korean 인
  • Vietnamese Ân

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Yin Haiguang1919 – 1969

    writer and philosopher (1919-1969)

  • Yin Ju-keng1883 – 1947

    Chinese collaborator (1883-1947)

  • Yin Hao300 – 356

    Jin Dynasty general and politician

  • Yin Kaishan501 – 622

    Chinese general during the Sui and Tang dynasties

  • Yin Jiao? – 1100 BCE

    the leader of Tai Sui gods, the prince of Shang dynasty in Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods)

  • Empress Yin Yuying450 – 453

    Chinese empress

  • Yin Tong1889 – 1942

    Chinese politician and military personnel (1889–1942)

  • Yin Zhongkan350 – 399

    Chinese Eastern Jin dynasty official (died 400)

  • Yin Yun471 – 529

    南朝陈郡长平人,著有《小说》十卷

  • Yin Shidan1522 – 1582

    literary figure

  • Yin Ruli1883 – 1940

    中國民主革命家、中華民國政治家

  • Yin Zongwen1932 – 2003
  • Yin Xiaozu415 – 466
  • In Genryō1719 – 1767

Find printed genealogies

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).