Surname Phalanga (Palan 
, Plank , Pleng 
) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Phalanga is habitual in Austria, where it is quite a common surname, Slovakia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Czechia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, the United States, and Germany. Also, Phalanga is the forename as well as the last name.