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Throughout the world, Phalanga (Palan
, Plank
, Pleng
) is a common principally masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name Phalanga is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom feminine name, Qatar, where it is a rare male name, and South Korea. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Indonesia, and South Korea. Likewise, Phalanga is the last name as well as the forename.
Phalanga is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .