Throughout the world, นฤปนาถ (King 
, นฤปนาถ 
) is a common principally male, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name นฤปนาถ is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common epicene name, Macao, where it is quite a common mostly boy's, but seldom girly name, and Ghana, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Ghana, and Nigeria. More prevalently, นฤปนาถ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| King | Myanmar, Iraq, Egypt, United Kingdom, United States |
| นฤปนาถ | Thailand |
นฤปนาถ is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: King Kong , the fictional character, a giant movie monster resembling a colossal gorilla, Space Jam: A New Legacy; King Claudius , the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet; King Shark , the DC Comics supervillain, The Flash; King Triton , the character from Disney's The Little Mermaid and King Agnarr , the character from Disney's Frozen, and in many other works.