All around the world, Buang (Buang 
, Buwang 
, บวง 
) is quite a common mostly boy's, but infrequently feminine first name. The forename Buang is habitual in Indonesia, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, South Africa, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Singapore, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, South Africa, and India. Likewise, Buang is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Buang | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Singapore, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Buwang | Philippines, China, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| บวง | Thailand |
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affendi buang Malaysian general, MY (b. 1962) |
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| roslan buang Malaysian footballer (b. 1938) |
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| buang ann tay engineering researcher at University of Nottingham - Malaysia |
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| johar buang Singaporean Malay-language poet and writer, SG |
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| bani bin buang Director and producer for Malay language theatre and television |
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| rasli buang |
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