Throughout the world, หวาง (Wang 
, Huang , หวาง 
) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name หวาง is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Taiwan, and Singapore (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in China, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Predominantly, หวาง is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Huang, Wang | Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, Indonesia, China |
| หวาง | Thailand |
| Wanging | United States, India |
หวาง is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wang , the character created by Jules Verne, Tribulations of a Chinaman in China; Huang Lee , the protagonist of the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto IV; Huang Yaoshi , the character in wuxia fiction, The Fulangs kamfoungs; Wang Chao , the Jin Ping Mei character and Wang Qing , the Water Margin character, and in many other works.