| ![Show Contents]() Chin Surname History
Chin World RankingIn the United States, the name Chin is the 1,746th most popular surname with an estimated 17,409 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Chin is ranked the 963rd most popular surname with an estimated 5,601 people with that name. 2 And in New Zealand, the name Chin is the 785th popular surname with an estimated 930 people with that name. 3
| Chin migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Chin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Chin, who arrived in Virginia in 1662 4
| Chin migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Chin Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Miss Mary Chin, (b. 1819), aged 66, Cornish domestic servant travelling aboard the ship "SS Aberdeen" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 13th April 1885 5
| Contemporary Notables of the name Chin (post 1700) | + |
- Arthur Chin, American fighter pilot and flying ace in the Chinese Nationalist Air Force, during World War II, credited with 8½ aerial victories
- William Chin, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1964 6
- Richard Chin, American Republican politician, Member of Kentucky State Senate 7th District, 1966-71 6
- Lisa A. Chin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000 6
- Helen Chin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000, 2004 6
- Ginny Chin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 2000 6
- Frank F. Chin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996 6
- Chung Chin Chen, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2004 7
| Historic Events for the Chin family | + |
- Mr. Frederick Chin (b. 1856), Welsh coal miner who was working at the Prince of Wales colliery in Abercarn, Wales on the 11th September 1878 when there was a coal mine explosion; he died 8
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- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 19). Emigrants to Australia NSW 1860 -88 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/nsw_passenger_lists_1860_88.pdf
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- Entombed in flood and flame (retrieved 3rd August 2021). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120603025705/http://www.crosskeys.me.uk/history/prince.htm
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