Shin is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shin
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shin

How popular is Shin?

Shin is common in China.

Shin is ranked 310 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shins grew by 37.0688 per cent to 21735 since 2000 and ranked 1656 after elevating 443 spots. The last name was found in around 74 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 94.98 94.77
White 2.59 2.72
Others 1.73 1.7
Hispanic or Latino 0.4 0
Black 0.28 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.03 0
Shin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 1557325 people have been found who wears Shin as their family name. Shin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
39,450 Moldova8
88,966 Czech Republic7
23,950 Georgia6
5,340 Iceland6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
32,695 Nigeria3
3,689 Turkmenistan3
3,224 Afghanistan3
10,762 Hungary3
6,103 Cyprus2
4,689 Maldives2
15,999 Slovakia2
20,837 Venezuela2
900 Laos2
10,211 Bulgaria2
11,736 Lithuania2
3,940 Ethiopia2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
31,767 Greece2
14,521 Portugal2
883 Macau2
1,400 Mongolia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
10,190 Bahrain1
14,618 Guyana1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
15,705 Cameroon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
38,063 Mauritania1
1,542 Andorra1
6,033 Benin1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
24,460 Armenia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
4,171 Rwanda1
36,814 Romania1
2,232 French Polynesia1
2,578 Guam1
9,591 Panama1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,275 Nepal1
8,859 Iraq1
6,688 Malawi1
2,935 Madagascar1
971 Seychelles1
3,350 Fiji1
624 Solomon Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
18,969 Wales1
3,071 Jersey1
19,810 Croatia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,877 Cuba1
13,447 Uganda1
14,644 Tunisia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
3,993 El Salvador1
356 Eritrea1
4,942 Libya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
37,591 Belgium37
17,489 Denmark30
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,010 Belarus96
3,998 Latvia88
10,596 Colombia87
4,262 Kuwait87
11,021 Chile81
11,524 Sweden80
3,256 Qatar78
11,009 Finland60
Countries with hundreds of Shin:
9,084 France992
7,002 England989
6,001 Pakistan880
7,056 Mexico759
8,360 Ukraine683
191 Swaziland655
8,811 Egypt613
1,531 Tajikistan609
13,064 Turkey524
2,249 Kyrgyzstan455
25,578 Indonesia423
1,820 New Zealand412
8,588 Saudi Arabia385
3,073 Guatemala369
15,335 Algeria357
15,781 Argentina343
3,062 United Arab Emirates336
14,898 Morocco336
13,426 Kenya314
3,964 Israel283
1,971 Paraguay283
413 Thailand246
24,102 Poland239
38,007 Italy224
5,909 Austria210
27,867 South Africa201
3,434 Bolivia195
10,604 Peru157
8,235 Switzerland144
295 Brunei139
4,243 Scotland138
1,555 Estonia138
3,641 Oman124
6,495 Jordan123
24,167 Spain114
23,419 Netherlands111
Countries with thousands of Shin:
514 Malaysia6,956
1,847 Philippines6,122
186 Taiwan5,331
310 Kazakhstan3,885
5,096 Russia3,780
2,349 Germany3,564
1,874 Canada2,709
817 Cambodia2,345
4,624 Iran2,252
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
300 Hong Kong1,388
2,317 Australia1,339
10,358 Brazil1,320
31,576 India1,143
510 Singapore1,047
Countries with ten thousands of Shin:
274 Japan67,875
141 Myanmar42,430
82 Uzbekistan29,125
1,796 United States22,141
352 Vietnam11,526
Countries with hundred thousands of Shin:
6 South Korea958,300
21 North Korea212,766
294 China153,520
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Shin Namesakes

  • Sayaji Shinde, Film actor
  • Aarti Shinde, Actor
  • Abisai Shiningayamwe, Soccer player
  • Adarsh Shinde, Playback Singer
  • Sir Shina Peters, Musician
  • Christopher Shinn, Playwright
  • Jinsei Shinzaki, Professional wrestler
  • Kaneto Shindo, Film director
  • Ai Shinozaki, Gravure idol
  • Kei Shindō, Voice actress
  • In 2013, Yun-Sook Shin played the role of Ga-Eul's mother in drama flick Pascha.
  • In 2015 drama flick, Hae-e-ge-seo so-nyeon-e-ge, Yeon-woo Shin portrayed N.
  • In 2003, Lung Shin played the role of Lone in action, comedy film Lai qu shao lin.
  • Kyung-Sun Shin played the crucial role of Wan-Soo in 2010 horror flick Pyega.
  • In 2009 drama film, Neowa naui 21 segi, Hyun-ho Shin characterized N.
  • Dong-mi Shin played the leading character of N in 2014 drama flick Kkum-bo-da hae-mong.
  • Yuna Shin, from 2016 drama movie The Wall, who portrayed the Yung Hee.

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