Xiao Xu

in the US

There are 130 people with the name "Xiao Xu" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Xiao	2,194
Xu	2,329
Xiao Xu	143,837

is 2,190th most common Freeman
is 2,191st most common Brianne
is 2,192nd most common Virgina
is 2,193rd most common Quinn
is 2,194th most common Xiao
is 2,195th most common Foster
is 2,196th most common Shea
is 2,197th most common Aj
is 2,198th most common Jarrett

is 2,325th most common Stoddard
is 2,326th most common Delatorre
is 2,327th most common Knott
is 2,328th most common Upton
is 2,329th most common Xu
is 2,330th most common Creech
is 2,331st most common Kitchen
is 2,332nd most common Heck
is 2,333rd most common Graf

is 143,833rd most common Willie Holloway
is 143,834th most common Wilma Cox
is 143,835th most common Wilma Scott
is 143,836th most common Wilson Lee
is 143,837th most common Xiao Xu
is 143,838th most common Xiao Zhou
is 143,839th most common Yeon Lee
is 143,840th most common Yi Lee
is 143,841st most common Yolanda Stewart

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Meaning & History

Xiao

Chinese 徐: from the name of the ancient state of Xu. The model emperor Yu (2205–2198 BC) granted this state to one of his retainers. The retainer's family governed the state from this time on until the Western Zhou dynasty (1122–771 BC), when the Xu prince of the time believed it to be God's will that he should oppose the Zhou dynasty, on account of a prophecy associated with a red bow and arrow that he pulled out of a river. The Zhou king, Mu Wang, was far away to the west in the Kunlun mountains, but raced back to confront and defeat the Xu prince (see Chao 1). Mu Wang then granted the state of Xu to the defeated prince's son, giving him the ‘style name’ of Xu. Descendants of this new ruler eventually adopted Xu as their surname.

Chinese 许: this name goes back as far as the 23rd century BC. According to tradition, there existed a philosopher named Xu You, who was offered succession to the throne by the model emperor Yao. Having heard this proposal, Xu You washed his ears in a river to rid them of such defilement. The main stock of this name probably came later, however, when Wu Wang, the first king (1122–1116 BC) of the Zhou dynasty, granted the area of Xu in present-day Henan province to Wen Shu, a descendant of Bo Yi, adviser to the model emperor Shun (who coincidentally accepted the offer of power which Xu You had declined). The descendants of Wen Shu eventually adopted the name of the area of Xu as their surname.