Across the world, ผง (Phong 
, ผง , Powder 
) is a common principally boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The forename ผง is characteristic of Vietnam, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely female name, Macao, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, and Laos, where it is quite a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Vietnam, the United States, and Australia. Likewise, ผง is the last name as well as the forename.