Byun
Byeon, also often spelled as Byun or Pyone is a Korean family name. According to the 2015 South Korean census, there were 138,802 people with this family name. It is written with three different hanja. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 70.4% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Byun in their passports, while the rest spelled it with various other romanizations.
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:Byeon
- Byeon Chang-heum, South Korean educator and politician
- Byeon Jin-su, South Korean baseball player
- Byeon Jun-byum, South Korean footballer
- Byeon Sang-byeok, Joseon painter
- Byeon Sang-su, South Korean canoeist
- Byeon Sung-wan, South Korean politician
- Byeon Woo-seok, South Korean actor
- Byeon Yeong-ro, South Korean poet
- Byeon Yung-jeon, South Korean politician
Byun
- Byun Baekhyun, South Korean singer and actor, member of boy band Exo
- Byun Byung-joo, South Korean former footballer
- Byun Chun-sa, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympic gold medalist
- Byun Eun-jong, South Korean retired StarCraft pro gamer and poker player
- Byun Hee-bong, South Korean actor
- Byun Ho-young, South Korean former footballer
- Byun Hui-su, the first known transgender soldier in South Korea
- Byun Hye-young, South Korean former swimmer
- Byun Hyuk, South Korean film director and screenwriter
- Byun Hyunmin, South Korean singer
- Byun Jae-sub, South Korean footballer
- Byun Jang-ho, South Korean film director
- Byun Ji-hyun, South Korean former competitive figure skater
- Byun Jung-il, South Korean former professional boxer
- Byun Jung-soo, South Korean model and actress
- Byun Se-jong, South Korean figure skater
- Byun Sung-hwan, South Korean retired footballer
- Byun Woong, South Korean footballer
- Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor
- Byun Young-joo, South Korean film director
- Byun Young-joon, South Korean racewalker
- ], South Korean Singer, member of boy band &TEAM
Pyon
- Pyŏn Hyomun, Joseon diplomat
- Pyon In-son, North Korean politician
- Pyon Kwang-sun, North Korean artistic gymnast
- Pyon Rye-yong, North Korean artistic gymnast
- Pyon Yong-rip, North Korean politician
- Pyon Yong-tae, South Korean politician