ChangYu

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Korean scholar (1587–1638); associated with Kyegok-chip

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

/tʃaŋju/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

ChangYu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In North Korea it is the 62nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 728as Chang(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 1.3Kas Chang
  • CNChina≈1 in 1.3Kas Chang

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 ChangYu 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000,000 named Chang, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
537 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 37 (inferred from the name graph)

Taiwan, est., as Chang

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ChangLatin(measured from records)
윤홍승Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Chang in US United States, MY Malaysia, SG Singapore and 2 more and Chang-Yu in TW Taiwan.

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(measured from records)

Korean scholar (1587–1638); associated with Kyegok-chip.

Sources 1

  • Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

ChangYu 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 ChangYu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,000,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Chang111
TW Taiwan—≈640,000 est.≈1 in 37—Chang-Yu21
US United States#32281,939as Chang1 in 4.1K83KChang537
MY Malaysia#120≈45,000 est.≈1 in 728—Chang131
KP North Korea#62≈19,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K1Chang39
SG Singapore#87≈4,800 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Chang166

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)

ChangYu is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, China, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Chang-Yu, Chan-Gyu

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Chang-Yu

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, China

    Also written Chang-Yu

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Chang-Yu

  • Thai surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, China

    Also written แจ้งอยู่, Changyoo, จ่างอยู่, จางอุ้ย, จางอย

30 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Yan Changyub. 1756Qing dynasty person CBDB = 76318
  • Henry Leeb. 1938USnot in their usual nameChinese-born American forensic scientist
  • Yan Changyuperson, CBDB ID = 368492

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informal你好，Changyu！Hi Changyu, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name ChangYu mean, and where does it come from?
Korean scholar (1587–1638); associated with Kyegok-chip. Recorded by Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary.
How do you pronounce ChangYu?
A machine transcription gives /tʃaŋju/ (IPA) for Chinese.
Is ChangYu a male or female name?
ChangYu 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 ChangYu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 million people named Chang in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name ChangYu?
In the United States, the national register counted 81,939 people named Chang in 2010, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is ChangYu compared with other names?
In North Korea, ChangYu is the 62nd most common surname of 2,439 surnames recorded there.

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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/changyu

The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

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, “ChangYu” — the 62nd most common surname in North Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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