The Sin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,725 people carried this name — #8,797 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,335 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sin surname
From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Sin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Sin.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Aude.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 94 people named Sin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
86 people named Sin live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Sin in American newspapers,
1903–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Sin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jaime Sin 1928–2005 · Catholic priest
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Shin Hyong Sik 1939–2023 · historian
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Mihai Sin 1942–2014 · writer
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Sŏn-hŭi Sin 1945– · scenographer
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King Kui Sin 1947– · translator
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Gemma Sin 1952–2010 · painter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sin.
- Simonis 1,011 · U.S. census
- Simons 25,755 · U.S. census
- Simony 106 · U.S. census
- Simplot 205 · U.S. census
- Simpson 163,181 · U.S. census
- Simula 146 · U.S. census
- Sinan 136 · U.S. census
- Sinanian 227 · U.S. census
- Sinapi 149 · U.S. census
- Sinard 189 · U.S. census
- Sincere 309 · U.S. census
- Sinclair 27,243 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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