KHiNG
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
KHiNG is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 46K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 3Kas Gang
- USUnited States1 in 15Kas King
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than KHiNG itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 339 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈470,000 named Gang, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Gang in US United States, CN China, กิ่ง in TH Thailand, Gong in HK Hong Kong and King in LA Laos.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
KHiNG counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈470,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Gang | 156 |
| US United States | — | 22,343as King | 1 in 15K | 465K | Gang | 339 |
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #181 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | — | KHiNG | 16 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 46K | #15,987 | กิ่ง | 118 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | KHiNG | 37 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | King | 21 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Gong | 40 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
KHiNG is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lao, 1. v. spread out. 2. v. spread apart. 3. v. tighten. 4. v, Te sist pressure or traction. 5. see A9 LoT — CAN v. knead, squeeze; clasp; caress. k
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cao Qingb. 1432not in their usual namepolitician
- Huang Qingb. 1485not in their usual nameMing dynasty politician
- Zhu Qingb. 1526not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 204473
- Yuqing Tangb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese urbanologist (born 1969)
- Dong Qingb. 1973CNnot in their usual nameChinese television presenter
- Tian Qingb. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
- Tang YuqingCNnot in their usual nameChinese economist
- Hou Qingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 293727
- Wang Qingnot in their usual namepolitician
- Tang Qingnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 34845
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 5 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce KHiNG?
- A machine transcription gives /kɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is KHiNG a male or female name?
- KHiNG is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does KHiNG have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 472 thousand people named Gang in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name KHiNG?
- In the United States, the national register counted 22,343 people named King in 2020, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
- How common is KHiNG compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), KHiNG is the 181st most common given name of 9,528 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about KHiNG?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/khingThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “KHiNG” — the 181st most common given name in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.