Xing (Chinese: 邢) is a Chinese surname. There are two hypothesized sources for the extant catalogue of surnames: 1. According to the ''

Yuanhe Xing Zuan The ''Yuanhe Xingzuan'' () is an imperial Tang dynasty register of the genealogies of China's prominent families. It was compiled by Lin Bao (林寶), on the order of Emperor Xianzong (reigned 805–820), whose era name was Yuanhe. The book was c ...

'', Xing is originated from Ji ( 姬), the royal family of

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in China. The fourth son of the

Duke of Zhou Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou (), commonly known as the Duke of Zhou (), was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu. He was renowned for acting ...

, was appointed the ruler of the State of Xing (now

Xingtai Xingtai (), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It has a total area of and administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 12 counties. At the 2020 censu ...

city of

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Province). The year 662 BC saw the State of Xing taken over by the

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, and the noble descendants entitled themselves their former state name as their surnames. 2. According to ''

Xing Kao XING is a Hamburg-based career-oriented social networking site, operated by New Work SE (until mid-2019 ''XING SE''). The site is primarily focused on the German-speaking market, alongside XING Spain, and competes with the American platform Li ...

'' ( :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 Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

Province), and later his descendants had the surname Xing after the county name.

Notable people

* Xing Yong (; died 223), official of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period * Xing Wenwei (; died 690?), Tang Dynasty official under Emperor Ruizong * Xing Rongjie (; 1911–1997), People's Liberation Army general *

Xing Qiyi Xing Qiyi () was a Chinese organic chemist who contributed to the total synthesis of bovine insulin, Xing is still well-known nowadays in China as the main editor of a highly-influential organic chemistry textbook. He was a member of China Democr ...

(; 1911–2002), Chinese organic chemist * Xing Chongzhi (; 1927–2000), Chinese politician * Leonard Hsing Yin Shean (; 1956–2021), Malaysian politician, former Member of Parliament *

Michael Ying Michael Ying Lee Yuen (; born December 1949) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Ying is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Esprit Holdings Limited, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with a 15% ...

(; born 1949), Hong Kong billionaire, former chairman of Esprit Holdings * Margaret Heng (; born 1961), Singaporean hotelier * Joseph Xing Wenzhi (; born 1963), Chinese Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Shanghai * Xing Aihua (; born 1978), Chinese long-track speed skater * Xing Lin (; born 1979), Chinese triathlete *

Xing Aowei Xing Aowei (; born February 15, 1982, in Yantai, Shandong) is a Male Chinese gymnast. Xing was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was also a part of the 2004 Olympic team ...

(; born 1982), Chinese gymnast *

Alfred Hsing Alfred Hsing (born November 23, 1983) is an American martial artist, actor, and stuntman. After over a decade of intensive training in both America and China, Hsing won the first American gold medal in wushu taolu history at the 2009 World Wushu ...

(; born 1983), American martial artist, actor, and stuntman * Xing Yan'an (; born 1983), Chinese sprinter *

Xing Huina Xing Huina (; born February 25, 1984, in Hanting, Weifang, Shandong) is a former Chinese track and field athlete. In a relatively short elite career that effectively ended before the age of 25, her most significant achievement was to win ...

(; born 1984), Chinese middle-distance runner *

Xing Shucai Xing Shucai (born 4 August 1984) is a Chinese race walker. Born in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (a ...

(born 1984), Chinese race walker * Nadia Min Dern Heng (; born 1985), Malaysian beauty pageant winner *

Yan Dong Xing Yan Dong Xing (; born 20 March 1985) is a Chinese former racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain ...

(; born 1985), Chinese racing cyclist *

Xing Aiying Xing Aiying (; born 2 August 1989) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Xing was born in Jiangsu, China, and she is a former Nanjing city age-group champion in 1998. She c ...

(; born 1989), Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player * Xing Yu (archer) (; born 1991), Chinese archer * Ariel Hsing (; born 1995), American table tennis player * Xing Yu (footballer) (; born 1996), Chinese football goalkeeper (Chinese Super League) * Eric Xing (), researcher in machine learning, computational biology, and statistical methodology at Carnegie Mellon University

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Origination of Xing (邢)
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