Xing Surname

Surname Overview

The surname Xing is pronounced xìng. It ranks 258th in the Hundred Family Surnames and 393rd in the 2013 national census surname ranking.

Reference: 幸氏家谱网 提供3个省区市的5部幸氏家谱、幸氏族谱

Origins

Two Origin Traditions

One tradition derives the surname from the Ji clan, saying King Cheng of Zhou granted it to his uncle Ji Yan. Another connects it to favored ministers of ancient rulers, whose descendants adopted Xing or received it as an imperial surname.

Reference: 幸氏家谱网 提供3个省区市的5部幸氏家谱、幸氏族谱

Commanderies and Clan Halls

Commanderies and Ancestral Halls

Xing ancestral hall names include Yanmen Hall, Bohai Hall, and Yuzhang Hall. Yuzhang Hall is also called Nanchang Hall, and all three names derive from commandery associations.

Reference: 【姓氏文化】幸姓_渤海郡_幸氏_高安

Notable People

Xing Nanrong of the Tang Dynasty

Xing Nanrong, a native of Gao'an in Jiangxi, was a Tang scholar and educator. He passed the jinshi examination in the ninth year of the Zhenyuan era and held offices including Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, Chancellor of the Imperial Academy, and Crown Prince's Guest.

Reference: 《百家姓》第258姓：幸，幸姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君

Genealogy and Generation Names

Migration Recorded in Genealogies

A continuation of Xing Genealogy Past and Present records that Shangji moved to Gao'an, Jiangxi, in 625 BCE; Maohong moved to Sichuan in the Tang period and later returned to Gao'an; Dengyi moved to Nankang, Jiangxi, near the end of the Song; and Langfeng subsequently moved to Shibi in Ninghua, Fujian.

Reference: 幸氏家谱网 提供3个省区市的5部幸氏家谱、幸氏族谱

Research Notes

Disputed Lineage of Yan

Yan's genealogical relationship to King Wen of Zhou is disputed: one account identifies him as King Wen's forty-seventh son, while another makes him a seventh-generation descendant.

Reference: 《百家姓》第258姓：幸，幸姓来源、分布地域与名人介绍 | 速查君