Xing / Xing
The Xing surname written as 刑 is rare and shares its pronunciation with 邢 but uses a different character; 刑 derives from an official position, while 邢 derives from a fief.
The 刑 surname ranks after 户 and before 旷, placing 541st, with a population of approximately forty thousand.
One branch of 刑 originated from Western Zhou officials responsible for carrying out punishments. Xingren was one of the five senior officials of the Western Zhou, and descendants adopted the ancestral office as their surname.
Another branch of 刑 originated from Xiongnu nobility during the Han dynasty. Its founding ancestor was Xing Weiyang, a governing minister of the Xiongnu and King of Haosu; his descendants adopted their ancestor's name as the single-character Han surname 刑.
The Xing surname is recorded in Xing Shi Kao Lue as descending from ancient judicial officials and distinct from 邢, with its prominence associated with Wutai. The Zuo Zhuan records 刑 among the descendants of the Duke of Zhou.
The two branches are mainly distributed around Wutai Mountain in Shanxi and Hejian in Cangzhou, Hebei; they are also found in Kezuo Middle Banner of Inner Mongolia, Taiwan, Jingjiang in Jiangsu, and Changle in Shandong.
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