Throughout the world, กง (Kong 
, กง 
, Korng 
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name กง is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common largely male, but infrequently female name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Brunei. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Hong Kong, China, and Indonesia. More prevalently, กง is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Kong | Hong Kong, United States, Singapore, Malaysia, China |
| กง | Thailand |
| Korng | Myanmar, Cambodia, Australia, United States, Malaysia |
| Kongs | Thailand, Indonesia, Belgium, United States, France |
กง is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kong Xuan , the Investiture of the Gods character; Kong , the fictional character from One Piece; Kong , the operatic character in the opera The Second Mrs Kong by Harrison Birtwistle and Kong / Travis / Others , the musical character in the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Bono,The Edge.