Throughout the world, บ่วง (Buang 
, บ่วง) is quite a common dominantly boy's, but uncommonly girly given name. The forename บ่วง is habitual in Indonesia, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, South Africa, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Singapore, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, South Africa, and Malaysia. Likewise, บ่วง is the last name as well as the forename.