Xiang is a relatively rare surname currently in use among Han Chinese and is included in the New Thousand Family Surnames.
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The latest listed ranking places the surname at 2,519th, with a population below one thousand.
One origin tradition holds that the tenth of ten methods recorded in the Spring Offices section of the Rites of Zhou was called “Xiang,” and that this term later became a surname; the account appears in Origins of Surnames.
Another origin tradition holds that the surname descended from the Xiang clan and was formed by adding the heart component to the character 相.
The surname is included in Research Notes on Surnames, which explains its origins by citing Origins of Surnames and the account that descendants of the Xiang clan added the heart component.
The surname is found today in places including Datong, Shanxi, and Wuhan, Hubei.
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