# Xiang (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/xiang/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,430 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,041 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 215,906 people |
| Change since 2000 | +123% (642 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃiɑŋ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From several Mandarin surnames, including 項／项 (Xiàng), 向 (Xiàng) and 相 (Xiāng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Xiang in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 97% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Xiang in China.

## People named Xiang

- Xiang Xiu, 3rd century Chinese scholar and writer

## Similar surnames

Xiong, Xing.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.