Jin (surname)
Encyclopedia
Jin is a Chinese family name. It literally means "gold" and is No. 29 of the Hundred Family Surnames
Hundred Family Surnames
The Hundred Family Surnames is a classic Chinese text composed of common surnames in ancient China. The book was composed in the early Song Dynasty. It originally contained 411 surnames, but was later expanded to 504. Of these, 444 are single-character surnames, and 60 are double-character surnames...

. The surname is also used in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

, where it is romanized as Kim and in Hong Kong, in Cantonese, Kam. As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common surname out of the top 100.

Other less common surnames Romanized as Jin include 靳, 秦, and 晉.

History

Jin is an ancient surname, dating over 4,000 years. It was first mentioned during the period of the Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor or Huangdi1 is a legendary Chinese sovereign and culture hero, included among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Tradition holds that he reigned from 2697–2597 or 2696–2598 BC...

, a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is considered in Chinese mythology to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. The legend behind the Jin surname is as follows.

The Yellow Emperor's son, Yi Zhi (Shaohao
Shaohao
Shaohao , also known as Shao Hao, Jin Tian or Xuanxiao, was a Chinese emperor in 2600 BC. According to some traditions , he was, in some versions, one of the Five Emperors....

), eventually succeeded him. On the same day he was installed as leader, a golden phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....

 flew down and perched on top of a house exactly opposite of where he sat. His followers reckoned it was an auspicious beginning. They decided to use gold as the emblem of their tribe. Yi Zhi was retitled Jin Tian Shi ("golden skies") by his people, and headed the Jin Tian Tribe. Their settlement was located in Qufu
Qufu
Qufu is a city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is located at 35° 36′ northern latitude and 117° 02′ east, about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefecture seat at Jining...

 (presently Qufu city in Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

 province). Yi Zhi died in 2515BCE. Some of his descendants adopted Jin as their surnames and left off the words Tian Shi ("skies").

The surname also appeared in an area called Pengcheng (now known as Tong Shan Xian) during the Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...

, from 206BCE to 220CE.

晉(Jin)

Zhou Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as...

 ruler King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhōu or King Wu of Chou was the first sovereign, or ruler of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1046-1043 BCE or 1049/45-1043. Various sources quoted that he died at the age of 93, 54 or 43. He was considered a just and able leader. Zhou Gong Dan was one of his...

's brother is 'Tang Shu Yu'(唐叔虞). he founding to Jin (state), later he's descendant has surname Jin
Jin
Jīn can mean either "muscle" or "tendon" . Exercises designed to develop Jīn are known as Jīngōng . In the context of Chinese martial arts, such exercises develop the ability to recruit the tendons at the beginning and end of a movement as a means of enhancing and delivering the force generated by...

(晉), Han
Han
-China:* China , an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese* Han Chinese , the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese...

(韓), Wei
Wei
-States:* Northern Wei , during Southern and Northern Dynasties* Wei , during the Spring and Autumn Period* Wei , during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period...

(魏), Tang
Tang
-Chinese name:* Tang Dynasty , Chinese dynasty* Later Tang Dynasty , Turkic dynasty in ancient China* King Tang of Shang , the Shang dynasty ruler, who lived around 1660 BCE...

(唐).

靳(Jin)

Jin(靳) is Chu (state)
Chu (state)
The State of Chu was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the surname Nai , and clan name Yan , later evolved to surname Mi , and clan name Xiong...

's surname from Zhou Rong. original is Jian(篯, Jin), later change to Jian(錢, qian), Jin(靳, kun), Jin(金, Kam) because similar reading.

金(Jin)

Jin(金) is town surname of Shaoxing
Shaoxing
Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. It was once known as "越"...

, Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

(浙江省). Shi Zhi Xiang(斯宅乡) people had surname Xing(邢), Du(杜), Jin(金), Zhou(周), Xu(徐), Huang(黄), Shi(斯), Cai(蔡), Yu(虞), etc. anyone too, do not know where they came from. Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

(浙江省) is territory of Yue (state)
Yue (state)
Yue was a state in China which existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period , in the modern province of Zhejiang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, its capital was in Guiji , near the modern city of Shaoxing...

.

秦(Qin)

  • Qin Zhong(秦仲) receive surname Qin(秦) from King Xuan of Zhou
    King Xuan of Zhou
    King Xuan of Zhou was the eleventh sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 827-782 BC or 827/25-782 BC.He worked to restore royal authority after the Gong He interregnum. He fought the 'Western Barbarians' and another group on the Huai River to the southeast. In...

    . he get a some territory of Chu (state)
    Chu (state)
    The State of Chu was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the surname Nai , and clan name Yan , later evolved to surname Mi , and clan name Xiong...

     from Zhou Dynasty
    Zhou Dynasty
    The Zhou Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as...


  • BC 250~, Yan (state)
    Yan (state)
    Yān was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji...

     general Qin Kai(秦开) conquer a Liaoning
    Liaoning
    ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

    , and make five county, military wall, tomb of Yalu River
    Yalu River
    The Yalu River or the Amnok River is a river on the border between North Korea and the People's Republic of China....

     around.

  • Qin Kai's grandson, Qin Wu Yang
    Qin Wuyang
    Qin Wuyang was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Both Jing and Qin were first disguised as envoys from Yan and were there to present the severed head of "Fan Yuqi", a Qin turncoat, and a map of Dukang...

    (秦舞陽) followed Jing Ke
    Jing Ke
    Jing Ke was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination attempt of Ying Zheng, King of Qin state, who later became China's first emperor...

    (荊軻) to Qin (state)
    Qin (state)
    The State of Qin was a Chinese feudal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history...

    , Tried to kill Qin Shi Huang
    Qin Shi Huang
    Qin Shi Huang , personal name Ying Zheng , was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BC to 221 BC during the Warring States Period. He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BC...

     but failed.

  • BC 236~, Qin (state)
    Qin (state)
    The State of Qin was a Chinese feudal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history...

     amy destroy to Yan (state)
    Yan (state)
    Yān was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji...

    , thus Yan (state)
    Yan (state)
    Yān was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji...

    's Kei(姬, Ji) royal, Qin(秦) clan, any refugee escape to Liaoning
    Liaoning
    ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

    .

origin of Jin(金) in china

  • Chu (state)
    Chu (state)
    The State of Chu was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the surname Nai , and clan name Yan , later evolved to surname Mi , and clan name Xiong...

     or Western Chu surname, Qian Liu
    Qian Liu
    Qian Liu , courtesy name Jumei , nickname Poliu , formally King Wusu of Wuyue with the temple name of Taizu , was founder and first king of the Kingdom of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, ruling over roughly modern Zhejiang on the east coast of China.- Background :Qian...

    (錢鏐)'s generation change surname from Jian(錢, Qian), to Jin(金).
  • Qiang people's some use surnmae Jin(金).
  • Xiongnu
    Xiongnu
    The Xiongnu were ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty. Most of the information on the Xiongnu comes from Chinese sources...

     people Jin Mi Di
    Jin Midi
    Jin Midi , formally Marquess Jing of Du , was a prominent official of the Chinese dynasty Han Dynasty of Xiongnu ethnicity. He served as coregent early in the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han.- Background :...

    (金日磾) receive surname jin(金) from Han Wu Di. he father Xiutu(休屠) is general
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

     in Xiongnu Dynasty
  • Song Dynasty
    Song Dynasty
    The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

     age, migrant Jews
    Jews
    The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...

     people has surname jin(金), 李, 俺, 艾, 赵, 张, etc.
  • Jin was among the surnames granted to the Kaifeng Jews
    Kaifeng Jews
    The Kaifeng Jews are members of a small Jewish community that has existed in Kaifeng, in the Henan province of China, for hundreds of years. Jews in modern China have traditionally called themselves Youtai in Mandarin Chinese which is also the predominant contemporary Chinese language term for...

     by an unnamed Song Dynasty
    Song Dynasty
    The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

     emperor.
  • at Yuan Dynasty
    Yuan Dynasty
    The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...

    (Mongol), Liu
    Liu
    劉 is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:*劉 / 刘, pinyin: Liú...

    (劉) clan get surname to Jin(金), Jin Fu Xiang(金覆祥)
  • Mongolian
    Mongolia
    Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

     Ye
    Ye
    Ye can refer to:* Ye , a form of the second-person, personal pronoun "you"* Ye , a Chinese surname* an archaic spelling of the definite article "þe" , used by early printers when the obsolescent letter "þ" was not available...

    (也:Ya
    YA
    YA may refer to:* Young adult literature, a library and publishing classification* Yottampere, a unit of measurement* Yet another, a common initial part of acronyms* Yahoo! Answers, a community-driven question-and-answer site...

    :Yi
    Yi
    Yi may mean:* Yi , a letter of the Ukrainian alphabet* Yi , a text editor written in Haskell* Serbia and Montenegro * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and its sequel, Yoshi's Island DS...

    ) clan get surname Jin(金) after fall of Yuan Dynasty
    Yuan Dynasty
    The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...

  • Native Taiwanese
    Taiwanese people
    Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...

     get surname Jin(金) at Qing Dynasty
    Qing Dynasty
    The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

     age
  • After the fall of Qing Dynasty
    Qing Dynasty
    The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

    , Aisin Gioro
    Aisin Gioro
    Aisin Gioro was the family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing Dynasty. The House of Aisin Gioro ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which established a republican government in its place. The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, and "gioro" is the name of the place in...

     clan get surname Jin(金) because Aisin also means "gold" in the Manchu language
    Manchu language
    Manchu is a Tungusic endangered language spoken in Northeast China; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 70 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus...

    .
  • Additionally, Jin uses the same character as the Korean surname Kim
    Kim (Korean name)
    Kim, sometimes spelled Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The hanja used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced 금 geum, it is pronounced 김 gim when used for the family name and...

    , where it is the most common surname. It is also a widely found surname among the ethnic Koreans in China because of this.

Kim(金, Kum)

  • Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

     Kim(金) clan of Kyungju(慶州:金城), Andong
    Andong
    Andong is a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. It is the largest city in the northern part of the province with a population of 167,821 in October 2010. The Nakdong River flows through the city...

    (安東:石陵), Jeonju
    Jeonju
    Jeonju is a city in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals.- History :...

    (全州), etc
    • Kim Jong-un(金正恩), Kim Jeong-il(金正日), Kim Il-sung
      Kim Il-sung
      Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...

      (金日成), Kim Hyŏng-jik
      Kim Hyong-jik
      Kim Hyŏng-jik was Korean independence activist and Communist politician. Hyŏng-jik was father of the late North Korean founder Kim Il-sung and the grandfather of the present leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il.-Biography:...

      (金亨稷)

  • Runan
    Runan
    Runan may refer to:*Runan County, in Henan, China*Runan, Côtes-d'Armor, commune in France...

    (汝南) Kim(金) clan. they come to late Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

     from Hunan
    Hunan
    ' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

    , China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

     at 8th Century
    • Jin Ying(金應) live in Runan
      Runan
      Runan may refer to:*Runan County, in Henan, China*Runan, Côtes-d'Armor, commune in France...

      (汝南), Hunan
      Hunan
      ' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

       after fall of Eastern Wei
      Eastern Wei
      The Eastern Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 534 to 550.In 534 Gao Huan, the potentate of the eastern half of what was Northern Wei territory following the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty installed Yuan Shanjian a descendant of...


  • Goryeo
    Goryeo
    The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...

     age's Kim clan, by receive, change surname
    • Ganghwa
      Ganghwa Island
      Ganghwa Island is an island in the estuary of the Han River, on the west coast of South Korea. Ganghwa Island is separated from Gimpo, on the mainland, by a narrow channel, which is spanned by two bridges. The main channel of the Han River separates the island from Gaeseong in North Korea.About...

       Kim clan, Tong Jung(通精) change surname from Jil(Jin?), to Jin(金)
    • Dongju Kim(金) clan in Hwanghaedo, they receive surname Kim(金) from king of goryeo
      Goryeo
      The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...


  • Modern Kim clan, by Naturalization
    Naturalization
    Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship and nationality by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth....

    , Mother surname, normal-citizen
    • Kim clan from China
      China
      Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

      , Manchu
      Manchu
      The Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...

      , Taiwan
      Taiwan
      Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

       in Modern
    • Kim clan by Naturalization from Mongol, Vietnam
      Vietnam
      Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

      , Africa
      Africa
      Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

      , Philippines
      Philippines
      The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

      , etc more
    • many Korean citizen no have surname in Josen
      Josen
      Professional go handicaps were a system developed in Japan, in the Edo period, for handicapping professional players of the game of go against each other. With the abolition of the Oteai system, which from the 1920s had used some handicap games to determine the go ranking of professional players,...

       age, they use surname Kim in modern
    • Kim Dae Jung
      Kim Dae Jung
      Kim Dae-jung was President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He came to be called the "Nelson Mandela of Asia" for his long-standing opposition to authoritarian rule.-Early life:...

      , change surname from Yoon
      Yoon
      is a feature of the Japanese language in which a mora is formed with an added sound.Yōon are represented in hiragana using a kana ending in i, such as き , plus a smaller-than-usual version of one of the three y kana, ya, yu or yo. For example kyō, "today", is written きょう, using a small version of...

      , to Kim by Mother surname
    • Kim Jae Jung, change surname from Han
      Han
      -China:* China , an abbreviation or adjectival modifier for things Chinese* Han Chinese , the dominant majority ethnic group of China and overseas Chinese...

      , to Kim by Mother surname

  • Gaya
    Gaya
    Gaya may refer to:In India:*Gaya district, Bihar, India*Gaya, India, a city in Bihar, India*Gaya , Bihar, India*Gayopakhyanam is a popular Telugu drama.In Niger:...

    (伽倻:Gari:Gara) Kim clan of Kimhae
    • Geumgwan Gaya
      Geumgwan Gaya
      Geumgwan Gaya , also known as Bon-Gaya or Garakguk , was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth of the Nakdong River...

      (金官伽倻, 本伽倻) Kim
      Kim
      -Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...

      (金) clan from Noisil Chengyeoi(惱室靑裔) of Kimhae
    • Dae Gaya(大伽倻) Kim
      Kim
      -Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...

      (金) clan from Noisil Juil(惱室朱日) of Goryung, join to silla
      Silla
      Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

       at 6th century
    • So Gaya(小伽倻) Kim
      Kim
      -Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...

      (金) from Kim Mal Ro(金末露) of Kimhae
    • Gaya
      Geumgwan Gaya
      Geumgwan Gaya , also known as Bon-Gaya or Garakguk , was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth of the Nakdong River...

       people unite a Japan
      Japan
      Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

      ese Wokou
      Wokou
      Wokou , which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards...

       at 4~5th century, they escape to japan after fall of Gaya
      Gaya
      Gaya may refer to:In India:*Gaya district, Bihar, India*Gaya, India, a city in Bihar, India*Gaya , Bihar, India*Gayopakhyanam is a popular Telugu drama.In Niger:...


  • Japanese
    Japanese people
    The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

     Kim(金) clan by Naturalization of Japanese Wokou
    Wokou
    Wokou , which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards...

    • from Nobu, Nogo, Pyung, Ohkamoto, Harada, Yun, Chem
      Chem
      Chem may refer to:*ChemistryIn Ancient Egyptian usage:*Khem , the Egyptian word for "black"*Min , in the past erroneously named KhemCHEM may refer to :...

      , Suzuki, Saya, Sayur, Sago, Mago, 20,000 clan of Wakou
    • Wokou
      Wokou
      Wokou , which literally translates as "Japanese pirates" in English, were pirates of varying origins who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards...

       area : Andong
      Andong
      Andong is a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. It is the largest city in the northern part of the province with a population of 167,821 in October 2010. The Nakdong River flows through the city...

      (town) in Kimhae, Ulsan
      Ulsan
      Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...

      , Andong
      Andong
      Andong is a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. It is the largest city in the northern part of the province with a population of 167,821 in October 2010. The Nakdong River flows through the city...

      , Hwanghaedo, Suncheon
      Suncheon
      Suncheon or Sunchon is the name of two Korean cities:*Sunchon, North Korea*Suncheon, South Korea...

      , Geojedo, Tsushima Island
      Tsushima Island
      Tsushima Island is an island of the Japanese Archipelago situated in the middle of the Tsushima Strait at 34°25'N and 129°20'E. The main island of Tsushima was once a single island, but the island was divided into two in 1671 by the Ōfunakosiseto canal and into three in 1900 by the Manzekiseto canal...


Jin(眞), Kim(金), etc

  • Jin(眞:Zhen
    Zhen
    -surname Zhēn:Jian:Yen:甄 is a Chinese and Korean surname. Note that the Chinese syllable that's transcribed Zhen in the modern Hanyu Pinyin transcription was written Chen in the older Wade-Giles system;thus many people with this surname may have been known in English as Chen.*from Guan Ming name...

    ) clan been Baekje
    Baekje
    Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

    , Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

    (sinra), Hubaekje
    Hubaekje
    Hubaekje, or Later Baekje, was one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Hugoguryeo and Silla. It was officially founded by the disaffected Silla general Gyeon Hwon in 900, and fell to Wanggeon's Goryeo army in 936. Its capital was at Jeonju, in present-day North Jeolla province...

    (post-baekje) in AD 300-900 year. they mainly disappeared, so minority.
  • Baekje
    Baekje
    Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

     gov take Japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

    ese Shin
    Shin
    Shin may refer to:* Shinbone, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates* Shin , the twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets* Shin , origin of Shin name, which means "new"...

    (神:Jin
    Jin
    Jīn can mean either "muscle" or "tendon" . Exercises designed to develop Jīn are known as Jīngōng . In the context of Chinese martial arts, such exercises develop the ability to recruit the tendons at the beginning and end of a movement as a means of enhancing and delivering the force generated by...

    ) clan, they get surname to Qin
    Qin
    -Chinese dynasties and states:*Qin , a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty*Qin Dynasty , which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC*Da Qin , Roman Empire, 202 BC to AD 220...

    (秦:Jin
    Jin
    Jīn can mean either "muscle" or "tendon" . Exercises designed to develop Jīn are known as Jīngōng . In the context of Chinese martial arts, such exercises develop the ability to recruit the tendons at the beginning and end of a movement as a means of enhancing and delivering the force generated by...

    :Cin
    Cin
    Cin, CIn or CIN can mean:* Cincinnati, Ohio** The Cincinnati Reds, an MLB franchise.** The Cincinnati Bengals, an NFL franchise.** The Amtrak code for Cincinnati Union Terminal* Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia* Chromosomal instability...

    ) in Baekje
    Baekje
    Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

     at 5th century
  • Jin(秦:Qin
    Qin
    -Chinese dynasties and states:*Qin , a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty*Qin Dynasty , which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC*Da Qin , Roman Empire, 202 BC to AD 220...

    :Cin
    Cin
    Cin, CIn or CIN can mean:* Cincinnati, Ohio** The Cincinnati Reds, an MLB franchise.** The Cincinnati Bengals, an NFL franchise.** The Amtrak code for Cincinnati Union Terminal* Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia* Chromosomal instability...

    ) clan of Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

     at 5~6th century, they escape to area of japan
    Japan
    Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

     because territorial expansion of Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

    , some remain to Silla
    Silla
    Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the longest sustained dynasties in...

  • Ya
    YA
    YA may refer to:* Young adult literature, a library and publishing classification* Yottampere, a unit of measurement* Yet another, a common initial part of acronyms* Yahoo! Answers, a community-driven question-and-answer site...

    (也:Yi
    Yi
    Yi may mean:* Yi , a letter of the Ukrainian alphabet* Yi , a text editor written in Haskell* Serbia and Montenegro * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and its sequel, Yoshi's Island DS...

    ) are barbarian
    Barbarian
    Barbarian and savage are terms used to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage...

    's surname at late goryeo
    Goryeo
    The Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by Emperor Taejo. Korea gets its name from this kingdom which came to be pronounced Korea. It united the Later Three Kingdoms in 936 and ruled most of the Korean peninsula until it was removed by the Joseon dynasty in 1392...

    . Yayeolga(也列哥) change name to Kim Yi(金義).
  • Ka
    Ka
    -Language:* Ka * Ka * Georgian language, ISO 639-1 code ka* A glyph in the Brahmic family of scripts-Media and entertainment:* Ka * Kà, a Cirque du Soleil show* Mister Mosquito, a video game, known in Japan as Ka...

     write 金 in japan, so that are populer surname of original japanese from ancient.
  • Kum
    Kum
    Kum may refer to:* Kum. - an acronym for Indian honorific Kumari, used for unmarried women.* Qom, Iran* Qum, Azerbaijan* Kum, Slovenia* Kum, name of an Asian musical instrument...

     Jun(今俊) is Buddhist of Hwanghaedo, they clan disappeared. 今 is only japanese surname, like Kim
    Kim
    -Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...

     in korea.

Notable people with the surname 金

  • Jin Midi
    Jin Midi
    Jin Midi , formally Marquess Jing of Du , was a prominent official of the Chinese dynasty Han Dynasty of Xiongnu ethnicity. He served as coregent early in the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han.- Background :...

     (金日磾)
  • Jin Shengtan
    Jin Shengtan
    Jin Shengtan , former name Jin Renrui , also known as Jin Kui , was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature.-Biography:...

     (金聖嘆) (born Jin Renrui 金人瑞)
  • Jin Yuelin
    Jin Yuelin
    Jin Yuelin was a Chinese philosopher and logician. He was born in Changsha, Hunan, attended Tsinghua University from 1911-1914, obtained Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1920...

     (金岳霖)
  • Jin Di
    Jin Di
    Jin Di is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in Olympic skeet at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

     (金迪)
  • Jin Jing
    Jin Jing
    Jin Jing is a Chinese female Paralympic fencer. She was a torchbearer carrying the Olympic torch amid political protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Paris, France...

     (金晶)
  • Jin Fengling
    Jin Fengling
    Jin Fengling is a Chinese female ice hockey player. She is a member of the China women's national ice hockey team. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The team finished 7th out of 8 teams.-References:...

     (金鳳玲)
  • Jin Jingdao
    Jin Jingdao
    Jin Jingdao is a Korean-Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Yanbian FC.-Club career:Jin was promoted to Yanbian FC's first team squad in the 2010 league season and would go on to make his debut for Yanbian in a league game for them on 17 April 2010 with a new player of...

     (金敬道)
  • Jin Liqun (金立群)
  • Jin Xing
    Jin Xing
    Jin Xing is a ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer and actress from the People's Republic of China, and owner of the contemporary dance company "Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theatre". Although usually credited as Jing Xing, the proper pinyin spelling is Jin Xing...

     (金星)
  • Jin Li
    Jin Li
    Jin Li is a Chinese geneticist. Jin is a professor at the National Human Genome Center in Shanghai as well as at the Institute of Genetics of Fudan University...

     (金力)
  • Jin Renqing
    Jin Renqing
    Jin Renqing was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the People's Republic of China, serving as deputy chief of the Development Research Center of the State Council and most recently Finance Minister.-Biography:...

     (金人慶)
  • Jin Zhiyang
    Jin Zhiyang
    Jin Zhiyang is a Chinese football coach and a former football player. He is mainly noted within China for his loyal service towards Beijing as both a successful player and then later as a coach for the team where his greatest achievements was when he managed the team to two Chinese FA Cup titles...

     (金志扬)
  • Elaine Jin
    Elaine Jin
    Elaine Jin or known as Yanling Jin, Elaine Kam is a famous Taiwanese actress.She has been nominated five times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won two for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste and People's Hero...

     (金燕玲)
  • Ha Jin
    Ha Jin
    Jīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin . Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin.-Early life:...

    (born Jin Xuefei 金雪飛)
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