How common is the last name Lin?

116,776 people in the United States have the last name Lin, about 1 in 2,560. It ranks #259 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LIN

#259

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
116,776
About
1 in 2,560
This common or more
25.1%
Who bears it

Of the 116,776 people with the last name Lin, 95.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% as White and 1.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lin

#257 Larson · 117,441#258 Vega · 116,828#260 Dominguez · 116,738#261 Obrien · 115,547

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lin, most common first.

#839 Lim · 40,278#2,934 Linn · 11,997#4,201 Lian · 8,168#5,051 Lien · 6,733#9,717 Lino · 3,188#10,132 Line · 3,032#23,772 Lion · 1,100#38,716 Lina · 615

Also a first name

As a first name, Lin ranks #2,351 of 53,615, with 10,717 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 59 births. See Lin as a first name

Compare