Png

org · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative letter-case form of PNG; Portable Network Graphics, an open protocol for digital images

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Png is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 70K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 6.5M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 42M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈460 people, est.

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled P'Ng in MY Malaysia.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative letter-case form of PNG; Portable Network Graphics, an open protocol for digital images.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Png 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.

Where Png is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈460 est.≈1 in 70K—P'Ng38
US United States≈8 est.≈1 in 42M—Png80
AU Australia≈4 est.≈1 in 6.5M—Png55
GB United Kingdom≈1 est.≈1 in 59M21—33
PG Papua New Guinea———Png2

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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Png is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Malay given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written P'Ng

  • Chinese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Also written P'Ng, P''Ng

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written P'Ng

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written P'Ng

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Png is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Lao, 1, v. pawn. 0 n sell on credit; sell on deposit, ? dq zool. large ‘vamp Snail. 304 bor la variety of vegetable, the Malabar spinach, Basella rubra L. (Vidal). 2. a ‘vine bearing red fruit, sometimes used asa dye. Bri aw bread,

    as a wordLao-English Dictionary

  • ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Papua New Guinea.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Japanese, Initialism of Portable Network Graphics.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In tpi, initialism of Papua Niugini

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Papua-Jaungvineja, valsts trīsburtu kods

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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)

19201940196019802000Mona Fong, b. 1934Fang Lizhi, b. 1936Anson Chan, b. 1940Allen Fong, b. 1947Fang Lijun, b. 1963Pierre Png, b. 1973Alex Fong, b. 1980Charmaine Fong, b. 1980Khalil Fong, b. 1983Fang Bo, b. 1992
  • Mona Fongb. 1934CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film and television producer (1934-2017)
  • Fang Lizhib. 1936CNnot in their usual nameProfessor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012)
  • Anson Chanb. 1940CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong politician
  • Allen Fongb. 1947CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong-Chinese film director
  • Fang Lijunb. 1963CNnot in their usual nameChinese artist (born 1963)
  • Pierre Pngb. 1973SGSingaporean actor
  • Alex Fongb. 1980CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor, singer and swimmer
  • Charmaine Fongb. 1980TWnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer
  • Khalil Fongb. 1983USnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer (1983–2025)
  • Fang Bob. 1992CNnot in their usual nameChinese table tennis player

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Png
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200221#87,652

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Png mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative letter-case form of PNG; Portable Network Graphics, an open protocol for digital images. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Png have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 464 people named Png in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled p'ng.
How common is the name Png?
Mondonomo estimates about 460 people in Malaysia have Png as their first given name, about 1 in 70 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Png”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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