# Chinn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chinn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chinn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinn > Source revision: 1342486129 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox surname | name = Chinn | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɪ|n}} | language = English | variant = [Chin](/source/Chin_(surname)) }} '''Chinn''' is a surname, originating both in England and among [overseas Chinese](/source/overseas_Chinese) communities. ==Origins and statistics== As an English surname, it originated as a nickname for people with prominent [chin](/source/chin)s, from [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) {{wikt-lang|enm|chinne}} or {{wikt-lang|enm|chyn}}. It is also a spelling, based on the pronunciation in some [varieties of Chinese](/source/varieties_of_Chinese) including [Hakka](/source/Hakka_Chinese), of the surname pronounced [Chen](/source/Chen_(surname)) in Mandarin. The similarly spelled [surname Chin](/source/Chin_(surname)) also shares both of these origins.{{cite book|editor-first=Patrick|editor-last=Hanks|editor2-first=Richard|editor2-last=Coates|editor3-first=Peter|editor3-last=McClure|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780192527479|page=494–495|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA495}} According to statistics cited by [Patrick Hanks](/source/Patrick_Hanks), 1,316 people on the island of [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) and four on the island of [Ireland](/source/Ireland) bore the surname Chinn in 2011. In 1881 there were 1,032 people with the surname in Great Britain, primarily at [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire) and [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall). The [2010 United States census](/source/2010_United_States_census) found 6,211 people with the surname Chinn, making it the 5,601st-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase in absolute numbers, but a decrease in relative frequency, from 6,146 (5,220th-most-common) in the [2000 census](/source/2000_United_States_census). In both censuses, about half of the bearers of the surname identified as [White](/source/White_Americans), one-quarter as [Asian](/source/Asian_Americans), and one-fifth as [Black](/source/Black_Americans).{{cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/?where=name^Chinn&offset=0|title=How common is your last name?|newspaper=Newsday|location=Long Island|access-date=20 October 2018}} ==People== * Adrienne Chinn (1960), Canadian author *[Alva Chinn](/source/Alva_Chinn) ({{fl.|2011}}), American model * [Andrew Chinn](/source/Andrew_Chinn) (1915–1996), American artist and art educator of Chinese descent * [Anthony Chinn](/source/Anthony_Chinn) (1930–2000), Guyanese-born British actor * [Benjamen Chinn](/source/Benjamen_Chinn) (1921–2009), American photographer * [Betty Kwan Chinn](/source/Betty_Kwan_Chinn) ({{fl.|1980s–present}}), American philanthropist who works with homeless people * [Bob Chinn (film director)](/source/Bob_Chinn_(film_director)) (born 1943), American pornographic film director * [Bob Chinn (restaurateur)](/source/Bob_Chinn_(restaurateur)) (1923–2022), American restaurateur, owner of Bob Chinn's Crab House * [Bobby Chinn](/source/Bobby_Chinn) (born 1954), New Zealand chef and television presenter * [Carl Chinn](/source/Carl_Chinn) (born 1956), English historian * [Conor Chinn](/source/Conor_Chinn) (born 1987), American soccer forward * [George M. Chinn](/source/George_M._Chinn) (1902–1987), United States Marine Corps colonel and weapons expert * [Howard A. Chinn](/source/Howard_A._Chinn) (1906–?), American audio engineer * [Ian Chinn](/source/Ian_Chinn) (1917–1956), Australian rules footballer * [Jeanne Chinn](/source/Jeanne_Chinn), American actress * [Jeremy Chinn](/source/Jeremy_Chinn) (born 1998), American football player * [Joseph W. Chinn](/source/Joseph_W._Chinn) (1866–1936), American lawyer and judge from Virginia * [Julia Chinn](/source/Julia_Chinn) * [Kathy L. Chinn](/source/Kathy_L._Chinn) ({{fl.|2004–present}}), American politician from Missouri * [Ken Chinn](/source/Ken_Chinn) (1962–2020), Canadian punk rock musician * [Lenore Chinn](/source/Lenore_Chinn) (born 1949), American painter * [Lori Tan Chinn](/source/Lori_Tan_Chinn) ({{fl.|1982–present}}), American actress * [Marlin Chinn](/source/Marlin_Chinn) (born 1970), American basketball coach * [Menzie Chinn](/source/Menzie_Chinn) (born 1961), American economist * [May Edward Chinn](/source/May_Edward_Chinn) (1896–1980), African-American woman physician * [Mike Chinn](/source/Mike_Chinn) (born 1954), English horror, fantasy, and comics writer * [Nicky Chinn](/source/Nicky_Chinn) (born 1945), English songwriter and record producer * Oscar Chinn ({{fl.|1934}}), British transport company operator in Congo, involved in the Permanent Court of International Justice's [Oscar Chinn Case](/source/Oscar_Chinn_Case) * [Phyllis Chinn](/source/Phyllis_Chinn) (born 1941), American mathematician * [Simon Chinn](/source/Simon_Chinn) ({{fl.|1997–present}}), British film producer * [Thomas Withers Chinn](/source/Thomas_Withers_Chinn) (1791–1852), American politician from Louisiana * Sir [Trevor Chinn](/source/Trevor_Chinn) (born 1935), British businessman and philanthropist * [Trevor Chinn (glaciologist)](/source/Trevor_Chinn_(glaciologist)) (1937–2018), New Zealand scientist * [Wing Sam Chinn](/source/Wing_Sam_Chinn) (1897–1974), Chinese-American architect ==Fictional characters== * [Maya Chinn](/source/Maya_Chinn), minor character in the American soap opera ''Passions'' ==See also== *[Chin (surname)](/source/Chin_(surname)) ==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}} Category:English-language surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinn?action=history)). 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