Throughout the world, Matong (Matong 
, Matón 
, มะตอง 
) is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently feminine first name. The first name Matong is habitual in South Africa, where it is a rare male name, Nigeria, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but seldom girly name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in South Africa, India, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Matong is the last name as well as the forename.