Abhaiwongse is a Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 surname.

The Abhaiwongse family governed Phra Tabong Province, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 (modern Battambang Province

Battambang Province

Battambang is a province in northwestern Cambodia. It is bordered to the North with Banteay Meanchey, to the West with Thailand, and to the East and South with Pursat. The capital of the province is the city of Battambang. The name, meaning 'lost staff', refers to the legend of Preah Bat Dambang...

, Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

) for six generations between the late 18th century and 1907, when the territory was ceded to French Indochina

French Indochina

French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....

. The title bestowed to the governor of Phra Tabong and used by each successive governor was Chao Phraya Abhayabhubet .

Members of the Abhaiwongse family include:

• Baen Abhaiwongse, first governor of Phra Tabong and originator of the family surname.
• Princess Suvadhana Abhaiwongse
  Suvadhana
  Princess Phra Nang Chao Suvadhana was the royal consort of King Vajiravudh of Siam. Her former name was Krueakaew Abhaiwongse . She was born a commoner on 15 April 1906. Her father was Phraya Abhayabhupesa and her mother was Ms...
  
  , consort of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam. She was cousin with King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• Khuang Abhaiwongse
  Khuang Abhaiwongse
  Major Luang Khuang Abhaiwongse was three times the prime minister of Thailand.Khuang was born in Battambang now belonging to Cambodia as the son of the Siamese governor of the province Battambang, Chao Phraya Abhayabhubet...
  
  , three-time prime minister of Thailand in the 1940s. Born in Phra Tabong, his father was the last of the Siamese governors of Phra Tabong.