Surname 熊

Cognomen 熊 (Hung , 熊 , 웅 , along with others...) , across the world, is a prevalent last name. The surname 熊 is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a common surname, Bermuda, and Cayman Islands (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in China, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Much less frequently, 熊 is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 熊

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Hsiung, Hung	China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam
Xióng, 熊	China
웅	South Korea
Hîm	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt

Last names said to be same

Him, Hiong, Hiung, Hùng, Siung, Ung, Woong, Xiong, Yoong, Yung, Сюн, ဝက်ဝံ, ウン, 洪, 熊姓, and 雄

Notable namesakes

	曹熊 son of Chinese Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao, CN (b. 195)
	許熊 person, CBDB ID = 386625, CN (b. 1288)
	熊廷弼 Ming dynasty person CBDB = 65500, CN (b. 1569)
	任熊 Chinese Qing dynasty painter (1823–1857), CN (b. 1823)
	熊希龄 Premier of the Republic of China, CN (b. 1870)
	熊十力 Chinese philosopher, CN (b. 1885)
	熊庆来 Chinese mathematician, CN (b. 1893)
	熊佛西 Chinese playwright, CN (b. 1900)
	熊雄 CN (b. 1892)
	熊向晖 Chinese spy (1919-2005), CN (b. 1919)
	熊厚基 Taiwanese general, TW (b. 1961)
	熊玉珠 Victim of post-war Taiwan's authoritarian regime, TW (b. 1912)
	熊焱 Chinese dissident / US Army chaplain, CN (b. 1964)
	熊挺 (b. 1905)
	熊飛影 CN (b. 1911)