Xing (surname)
Xing (Chinese: 邢) is a Chinese surname. There are two hypothesized sources for the extant catalogue of surnames:
 Xing surname in regular script | |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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| Variant form(s) | Xing, Hsing (Mandarin) Heng (Hokkien) Hình (Vietnamese) |
1. According to the Yuanhe Xing Zuan, Xing is originated from Ji (姬), the royal family of Zhou Dynasty in China. The fourth son of the Duke of Zhou, was appointed the ruler of the State of Xing (now Xingtai city of Hebei Province). The year 662 BC saw the State of Xing taken over by the State of Wei, and the noble descendants entitled themselves their former state name as their surnames.
2. According to Xing Kao (zh:姓考), or Surname Investigation, in the Spring and Autumn period, Dafu (zh:大夫) Han Xuanzi of the State of Jin, along with his family and offspring resided in Xing county (now east of Wen county of Henan Province), and later his descendants had the surname Xing after the county name.
Notable people
- Xing Yong (邢顒; died 223), official of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period
- Xing Wenwei (邢文偉; died 690?), Tang Dynasty official under Emperor Ruizong
- Xing Rongjie (邢荣杰; 1911–1997), People's Liberation Army general
- Xing Qiyi (邢其毅; 1911–2002), Chinese organic chemist
- Xing Chongzhi (邢崇智; 1927–2000), Chinese politician
- Michael Ying (邢李㷧; born 1949), Hong Kong billionaire, former chairman of Esprit Holdings
- Margaret Heng (邢紫薇; born 1961), Singaporean hotelier
- Joseph Xing Wenzhi (邢文之; born 1963), Chinese Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Shanghai
- Xing Aihua (邢愛華; born 1978), Chinese long-track speed skater
- Xing Lin (邢琳; born 1979), Chinese triathlete
- Xing Aowei (邢傲伟; born 1982), Chinese gymnast
- Alfred Hsing (邢思傑; born 1983), American martial artist, actor, and stuntman
- Xing Yan'an (邢衍安; born 1983), Chinese sprinter
- Xing Huina (邢慧娜; born 1984), Chinese middle-distance runner
- Xing Shucai (born 1984), Chinese race walker
- Nadia Min Dern Heng (邢敏敦; born 1985), Malaysian beauty pageant winner
- Yan Dong Xing (邢彦东; born 1985), Chinese racing cyclist
- Xing Aiying (邢爱英; born 1989), Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player
- Xing Yu (archer) (邢宇; born 1991), Chinese archer
- Ariel Hsing (邢延華; born 1995), American table tennis player
- Xing Yu (footballer) (邢瑜; born 1996), Chinese football goalkeeper (Chinese Super League)
- Eric Xing (邢波), researcher in machine learning, computational biology, and statistical methodology at Carnegie Mellon University