Surname Checker / Lin
How Common Is the Last Name Lin?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Lin today
88,033
Ranked #402 of 162,254 published surnames · 26.95 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 79,508 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
1.7%
Black
0.18%
Asian / Pacific Islander
95.85%
Hispanic
0.47%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.