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All around the world, Kang (江 , Kang
, 姜
, among others...) is a widespread principally masculine, but very infrequently female forename. The first name Kang is habitual in China, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, Indonesia, and Gambia, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in China, Indonesia, and the United States. More frequently, Kang is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| 姜, 江 | China |
| Kang | South Korea, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, China |
| カン | Japan |
| 강 | South Korea |
| กัง | Thailand |
| Канг | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Кан | Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Ukraine |
| קאנג | Israel |
Chiang, Cung, Gang, Giang, Gong, Gāng, Gōng, Hong, Jiang, Jiāng, Kakak, Kange, Kanğ, Kañg, Kchang, Keung, Khang, Khiong, Khng, Khương, Kiong, Kàng, Káñĝ, Kâng, Kâñg, Kāng, Kăng, Kặŋ, Qiang, Qiáng, Ганг, Гун, Цзян, كانج, کانگ, কং, กั่ง, กาง, ก่าง, ก้าง, ขัง, คัง, ກງ, ကင့္, ကင္, ကင္း, ကင်, ကင်း, းကင္, កាង,
Kang is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Meng Kang , the Water Margin character; Kang , the The Simpsons character; Kang Ye-bin , the fictional character, SKY Castle; Kang , the fictional character from Star Trek, Flashback and Kang Sae-byeok , the character in Squid Game, among other works.