Family name ปิดทอง (Giling 
, Gilding 
, ปิดทอง 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname ปิดทอง is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. Much less frequently, ปิดทอง is the forename as well as the last name.