Globally, Nangu (Nangu 
, 南谷 
) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Nangu is characteristic of India, where it is a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Tanzania, and China. Likewise, Nangu is the last name as well as the forename.