The 2000 South Korean Census found 15,784 people with the family name Kyung.
Those with the name meaning "scenery" (景) may belong to one of two different bon-gwan: Haeju, South Hwanghae, in what is today North Korea, and Taein (泰仁).
There is only one bon-gwan for the other Kyung surname, meaning "celebration" (慶): Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea.
[1] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 69.2% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Kyung in their passports, while another 19.2% spelled it as Kyoung.
[3] In the 1940s through 1970s, many popular names for newborn girls in South Korea contained this element, including:[4][5]