Worldwide, พันทัพ (Colonel 
, พันทัพ 
) is a rare masculine first name. The first name พันทัพ is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is a rare masculine name, Pakistan, and Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Pakistan, Ethiopia, and India. Much less frequently, พันทัพ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Colonel | Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, United Kingdom |
| พันทัพ | Thailand |
พันทัพ is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Colonel Kurtz , the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now; Colonel Fitzwilliam , the fictional character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Pride & Prejudice; Colonel Hathi , the fictional elephant from Disney's "The Jungle Book"; Colonel Forster , the fictional character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Colonel Race , the Hercule Poirot, Death on the Nile, and in many other works.