Pyon

surname · Latin script

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

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

Pyon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Korean 변 (byeon).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 621K(measured from records)
  • KPNorth Korea≈1 in 14K
  • AOAngola≈1 in 30K

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 Pyon 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.

Spain (measured from records)

1,822 named Peon

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
146 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PyonLatin(measured from records)
피온Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pyŏn 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(measured from records)

Borrowed from Korean 변 (byeon).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pyon 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 Pyon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—1,822as Peon1 in 27K1.8KPyon2
KP North Korea#331≈1,800 est.≈1 in 14K—Pyon11
AO Angola—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 30K—Pyon1
AR Argentina—696as Peon1 in 65K696——
US United States—5361 in 621K536Pyon146
KR South Korea#305≈220 est.≈1 in 237K164KPyŏn23
UY Uruguay—155as Peon1 in 22K155——

1,822 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos), counting the spelling peon. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Pyon is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Angola

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pyŏn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pyŏn

31 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)

1850190019502000Byeon Yeong-tae, b. 1892Byeon Jang-ho, b. 1940Byeon Hee-bong, b. 1942Byun Young-joo, b. 1966Son Yeo-eun, b. 1983Lee Da-hae, b. 1984Byun Yo-han, b. 1986Byeon Woo-seok, b. 1991Byun Baek-hyun, b. 1992
  • Byeon Yeong-taeb. 1892KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician (1892-1969)
  • Byeon Jang-hob. 1940KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director (1940–2022)
  • Byeon Hee-bongb. 1942KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor (1942–2023)
  • Byun Young-joob. 1966KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director
  • Son Yeo-eunb. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, born 1983
  • Lee Da-haeb. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, 1984
  • Byun Yo-hanb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Byeon Woo-seokb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean model and actor
  • Byun Baek-hyunb. 1992KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer
  • Byun Sung-hyunKRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean director

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)

FormalDear Pyon,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Pyon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
KR South KoreaKOSIS — 2015 census surnames2015164K#42
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010536#40,745
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020515#44,823
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000501#41,060
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Pyon mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Korean 변 (byeon). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Pyon?
A machine transcription gives /piən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pyon have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Peon, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Pyon?
In the United States, the national register counted 536 people named Pyon in 2010, about 1 in 621 thousand residents.
How common is Pyon compared with other names?
In South Korea, Pyon is the 305th most common surname of 14,133 surnames 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, “Pyon” — the 305th most common surname in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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