熊 is also romanized as Hsiung in Wade-Giles and Yoong among some Malaysian Chinese. It is Hung or Hong in Cantonese; Him in Hokkien, Hiōng in Gan; Ung in South Korean; and Hùng in Vietnamese.
熊 is the 71st most common surname in mainland China, but does not appear at all among the 100 most common Taiwanese surnames.
Although Chinese make up the largest part of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,none of the romanizations of 熊 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the AD 2000 US census.
Xiong's literal meaning is "bear".
Xiong traces back to the legendary Chinese culture hero Fuxi, who was also styled "Huangxiong" (黄熊, lit. "Yellow Bear"). One archaic form of the surname combined this into a single character 𪏛. The similarly legendary Yellow Emperor was later credited with taking the name "Youxiong Shi" (有熊氏, Yǒu Xióng Shì).[clarification needed]
Huangdi's grandson Zhuanxu's grandson Jilian (季連) took the ancestral name Mi (芈, 'Mǐ). His descendant[clarification needed] Yuxiong was the tutor of King Wen of Zhou and died during his reign.
After Zhou overthrew the Shang Dynasty, Yuxiong's descendants took Xiong as their clan name and remained prominent at court.
King Wen's grandson King Cheng of Zhou (reigned 1042 – 1021 BC) awarded Yuxiong's great-grandson Xiong Yi the hereditary title of zǐ (子, roughly "viscount") and the fiefdom of Chu.As it grew in power and importance, the Xiong dynasty formed its ruling house and the ruling houses of some of its successor states. To this day, the surname remains prominent in the provinces comprising the former territory of Chu.
List of persons with the surname:
Xiong Ni, Chinese diver who won three Olympic gold medals
Xiong Qinglai, Chinese mathematician
Xiong Shili, Chinese philosopher
Xiong Xiling
Xiong Yaohua, real name of the Hong Kong novelist Gu Long
Hsiung Shih-I, Chinese writer
Lynn Hung, Chinese model
Alex Yoong, race car driver
(Thanks to Wikipedia)
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