Xiong's surname comes from two sources:
1, after the Yellow Emperor had the Xiong family, he took the place name as his surname. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor was born in Shouqiu, grew up in Jishui, and lived in Xuanyuan Mountain. The capital is Xiong (now Xinzheng County, Henan Province), also known as Xiong's family. Some descendants take the place name as their surname, which is called Xiong's.
2. According to Shiben, Dialectics of Ancient and Modern Surnames and Compilation of Yuanhe Surnames, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor had a learned man named Xiong Huan who was Zhou Wenwang's teacher at the end of Shang Dynasty. His son Wen Wang died young. Great-grandson Xiong Yi took Wang Fu's name as his surname and became Xiong's. Zhou Chengwang enfeoffed the former Wang Hero, established Xiongyi in Jingchu, and established the State of Chu with its capital in Danyang (now southeast of Zigui, Hubei). During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu was once powerful, and its influence extended to the Central Plains, becoming one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 223 BC, Chu was destroyed in Qin. Most of the descendants take the bear as their surname, which is called Xiong's, and the history says that Xiong's is authentic, that is, Hubei Xiong's.
People called bears have been active since ancient times. In the early summer, Hou Yi, who had seized the throne of Taikang, had a minister named Xiong Kun. Viscount Luo, also named Xiong, was established near the State of Chu in the Western Zhou Dynasty and was later destroyed by the State of Chu. From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, the Xiong family mainly developed and multiplied in Hubei and Hunan provinces. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, some male people moved to Jiangxi and some moved to Shandong. Since then, until the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Xiongshi in Nanchang, Jiangxi and Xiongshi in Jiangling, Hubei flourished, and talented people came forth in large numbers and became local families. In addition, the Xiong family was also distributed in some places in Fujian and Jiangsu in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were also bears in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Anhui and other provinces. In the Qing Dynasty, there were also residents named Xiong in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Some males in Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces are integrated into Miao, Shui and Buyi ethnic groups. Some Xiongs in Fujian and Guangdong emigrated overseas and lived in Singapore and other countries.