Gïn
surname · Latin script
Gïn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Ginn . Further information: This form of the name is rare in.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 152K
- USUnited States1 in 352K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 245 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gin in US United States, MY Malaysia, PH Philippines and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Ginn . Further information: This form of the name is rare in
Sources 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
- Nordic Names
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gïn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Gin | 40 |
| US United States | 946 | 1 in 352K | 1.6K | Gin | 245 |
| PH Philippines | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 152K | — | Gin | 37 |
| IT Italy | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 241K | 1 | Gin | 12 |
| SG Singapore | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Gin | 50 |
| CL Chile | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 117K | 1 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 176K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gïn mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Ginn . Further information: This form of the name is rare in Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Gïn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Gïn in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gin.
- How common is the name Gïn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 946 people named Gïn in 2020, about 1 in 352 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%AFnThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gïn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.