Bin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bin"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 賓 / 宾 (Bīn).

Proper noun

Bin (plural Bins)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bin is the 36099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Bin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (70.37%), White (15.46%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161.

Anagrams

• nib, NIB, ibn, NBI, BNI

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Corruption of Bi?”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓin˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓin˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨn˧˧]

Proper noun

Bin

1. a male home name