Hyungjoo

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Hyungjoo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 2.5Kas 형주(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 57Kas Hyun
  • AOAngola≈1 in 15Kas Hyung

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hyungjoo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 named 형주, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
207 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

South Korea, est., as 형주

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HyungLatin(measured from records)
형주Hangul(measured from records)
ХенCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Hyung in US United States, CA Canada, CN China and 1 more, 형주 in KR South Korea and Hyungwoo in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hyungjoo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hyungjoo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#190≈20,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K92K형주181
CN China—≈9,600 est.≈1 in 145K—Hyung22
US United States—5,806as Hyun1 in 57K3.6KHyung207
AO Angola—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Hyung1
CA Canada—≈480 est.≈1 in 78K1Hyung44
SE Sweden—346as Hyun1 in 29K346Hyungwoo5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: KOSIS — 2015 census surnames; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hyungjoo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Hyung-Joo

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Hyungjoo under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hyungjoo a male or female name?
Hyungjoo is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Hyungjoo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named 형주 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Hyungjoo?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,806 people named Hyun in 2020, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
How common is Hyungjoo compared with other names?
In South Korea, Hyungjoo is the 190th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hyungjoo” — the 190th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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