Across the world, กันตัง (Gantang 
, Kantang 
, Kantakam ) is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female first name. The first name กันตัง is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is a very rare boy's name, Nigeria, and Philippines, where it is a very rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, India, and Nigeria. More prevalently, กันตัง is the last name as well as the forename.