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Around the world, ป่อง (Pong , Pongsed , ป่อง) is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly girly forename. The first name ป่อง is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently female name, Macao, where it is quite a common male name, and Singapore, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and China. Likewise, ป่อง is the last name as well as the forename.
ป่อง is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pong Krell , character in Star Wars: Galactic Defense; Pong , the operatic character in the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini; head chef of the Imperial Kitchen and Pong Pagong , the fictional animal character, Batibot.