Throughout the world, Thaung (Thaung 
) is quite a common primarily male, but very seldom female first name. The first name Thaung is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is a common predominantly masculine, but very seldom girly name, Myanmar, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name, and Singapore, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Mongolia, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Likewise, Thaung is the last name as well as the forename.
| ba thaung Burmese Nationalist and Author (b. 1901) |
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| mya thaung Burmese artist, MM (b. 1943) |
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| kyaw thaung Burmese politician (b. 1949) |
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| khun win thaung Burmese politician and political prisoner (b. 1956) |
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| maung mya thaung Myanmarese mycologist, MM |
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