Poyong

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Poyong is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 2.8M(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈18 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
7 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.8M (inferred from the name graph)

South Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PoyongLatin(measured from records)
포용Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Po-Yŏng in KR South Korea.

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.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Poyong 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 Poyong is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea≈18 est.≈1 in 2.8MPo-Yŏng7

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.

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

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Poyong 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

In which country does Poyong have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 people named Poyong in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled Po-Yŏng.
How common is the name Poyong?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 people in South Korea have Poyong as their first given name, about 1 in 2.8 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Poyong”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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