How to pronounce the surname of Jin?
Jin is pronounced as j ì n.
Jin surname comes from Mi surname. According to Customs Tong, Tongzhi Clan Brief and Dialectical Analysis of Ancient and Modern Surnames Books, Jin was a small country in Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, followed by the acquisition of a city by Dr. Chu, and after Dr. Jin Shang, the descendants took the city as their surname. There is a Jin River in Hunan, which originated from Daxiutang in Xiangxiang City, passed through Ningxiang County and passed the tomb of Doctor Jin Shang of Chu, hence the name Jin River.
According to the records in Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surnames, Jin Shang (? —— In 311 BC, the food city was in Jin, and later generations took Yi as their surname, which was called Jin's. Jin is an ancient surname in northern China. Looking out of Xihe County, the governance is located in Fenyang, Shanxi Province today.
Mainly distributed
In 216, the population of Jin was 1.8 million, mainly distributed in Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guizhou, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Yunnan and the three northeastern provinces. Jin's total population ranks 158th among the hundred surnames in Chinese mainland today, looking out of Xihe River.
Jin's names are: Jin Shang, Jin Han, Jin Wei, Jin Qiang, Jin Zhun, Jin Caizhi, Jin Huaide, Jin Dejin, Demao Jin, Jin Min, Jin Gui, Jin Xueyan, Jin Yunpeng, Jin Shangyi, Jin Yuxi, etc.
above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jin surname