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    The surname Hsiung

    A surname, carried by 767 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H252

    Hsiung: #30,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hsiung #30,442, 767 people Hsiung: #30,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hsiung #30,442, 767 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hsiung is more common than 81.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the atonal Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiung² of the Mandarin 熊 (Xióng, “bear”). Doublet of Xiong.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 767 people named Hsiung in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 402,537 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 689.

    #30,442
    rank among US surnames
    767
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,704)

    Who is named Hsiung

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Hsiung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hsiung

    Hsiung has the Soundex code H252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H252.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hsiung come from?
    From the atonal Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiung² of the Mandarin 熊 (Xióng, “bear”). Doublet of Xiong.
    How common is the surname Hsiung?
    767 people in the United States had the surname Hsiung in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 402,537 Americans. It ranked 30,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hsiung?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hsiung identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Hsiung getting more or less common?
    More common. 689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 767 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Hsiung?
    Xiong.