Throughout the world, แพงพันธ์ (แพงพันธ์ 
, Phoungphan ) is a very rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male first name. The first name แพงพันธ์ is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare primarily feminine, but very seldom boy's name. Also, แพงพันธ์ is the last name as well as the forename.