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Updated January 23, 2020

Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from the name of an area called Xing, which existed during in the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling family of this area adopted Xing as their surname. Another account of the origin of this name derives it from an area named Pingxing.

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