Byung
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/biəŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Byung is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 144K(measured from records)
- AOAngola≈1 in 9.6K
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 200 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Angola, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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)
Byung 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Byung | 2 |
| AO Angola | #664 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | — | Byung | 1 |
| US United States | — | 2,313 | 1 in 144K | 1.9K | Byung | 200 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Byung | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Byung | 8 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈750 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Byung | 39 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Byung | 6 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cheon Byung-kyub. 1918KRSouth Korean diplomat (1918-1993)
- Chung Byung-wonb. 1963KRSouth Korean diplomat
- Janice Minb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist, magazine editor, columnist, talk-show host, author
- Byung Chul Kimb. 1974KRSouth Korean artist
- Ahn Byeong-woongb. 1999KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean rapper
- Pyong Woo Parkb. 2000USnot in their usual nameresearcher
- Byung Yang LeeKRresearcher
- Byung Yong JeongKRresearcher
- Byung Chul LeeKRresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1425-5712)
- Byung Joo Sunresearcher
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)
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 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.9K | #6,812 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 415 | #6,812 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Byung?
- A machine transcription gives /biəŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Byung a male or female name?
- Byung is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Byung have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.6 thousand people named Byung in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled byung.
- How common is the name Byung?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,313 people named Byung in 2020, about 1 in 144 thousand residents.
- How common is Byung compared with other names?
- In Angola, Byung is the 664th most common given name of 11,132 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Byung?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/byungThe 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, “Byung” — the 664th most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.