Xiong
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nonstandard spelling of xiōng
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈʒɔŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Xiong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 18th most common surname.
- CNChina≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 8.9K
- CACanada≈1 in 20K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 368 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈780,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard spelling of xiōng
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Xiong counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈780,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Xiong | 94 |
| US United States | — | 37,499 | 1 in 8.9K | 45K | Xiong | 368 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Xiong | 115 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 46K | 342 | — | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 113 | Xiong | 80 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Xiong | 33 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Xiong | 53 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #18 | — | — | — | Xiong | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Xiong is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In och, to rush (as water)
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, become warm
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- King Ping of Chub. 550not in their usual nameKing of Chu from 528 BC to 516 BC
- Xiong Xilingb. 1870CNPremier of the Republic of China (1870–1937)
- Xiong Shilib. 1885CNChinese philosopher
- Gu Longb. 1938TWnot in their usual nameHong Kong born Taiwanese writer (1938–1985)
- Xiong Weipingb. 1956CNChinese businessman (mineral engineering)
- Hung Yan-yanb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameactor
- Xiong Nib. 1974CNChinese sport diver
- Shiung Fengb. 1978JPnot in their usual nameTaiwanese go player
- Xiong Zhao Zhongb. 1982CNboxer
- Jeffery Xiongb. 2000USAmerican chess player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 45K | #750 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 37K | #929 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 26K | #1,219 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 446 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 342 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 113 | #30,672 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 101 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Xiong mean, and where does it come from?
- nonstandard spelling of xiōng Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Xiong?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʒɔŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Xiong have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 778 thousand people named Xiong in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xiong.
- How common is the name Xiong?
- In the United States, the national register counted 37,499 people named Xiong in 2010, about 1 in 8.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Xiong compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Xiong is the 18th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Xiong?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xiongThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xiong” — the 18th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.