In all the world, หอวัง (Howang 
, หอวัง 
, Hwankruea ) is a very rare principally male, but very seldom feminine first name. The first name หอวัง is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, India, where it is an extremely rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare male name. More prevalently, หอวัง is the last name as well as the forename.