All around the world, ค้าง (Khang 
, ค้าง) is a common principally male, but scarcely female given name. The first name ค้าง is characteristic of Vietnam, where it is quite a common male name, Nepal, where it is quite a rare male name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare dominantly male, but seldom female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Vietnam, the United States, and Indonesia. Likewise, ค้าง is the last name as well as the forename.