Last name ข้าว (Rym 
, Nkhao 
, Khaod 
) , around the globe, is quite a common surname. The cognomen ข้าว is habitual in Algeria, where it is quite a rare surname, Tunisia, and Macao. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Algeria, Tunisia, and South Korea. More frequently, ข้าว is the forename as well as the last name.