Bambang
given name · Indonesian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Bambang is a given name, most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is the 52nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese.
- IDIndonesia1 in 747◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 15K
- USUnited States1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈18 ●
- Sources
- 219 ●
- 1 in 2.1M ◐
across 1 country
17K records
Official registry-verified
Poland
Meaning & origin●
a male given name from Javanese
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #52 | 121,574 | 12K rec. | — | listed | Bambang | 219 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 4,307 | 728 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 28 |
| US United States | — | 1,907 | 2.1K rec. | — | — | Bambang | 83 |
| RU Russia | — | 612 | 20 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 8 |
| SG Singapore | — | 311 | 195 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 30 |
| AU Australia | — | 284 | 320 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 45 |
| PH Philippines | — | 197 | 339 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 112 | 116 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 21 |
| DE Germany | — | 50 | 49 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 19 |
| CA Canada | — | 48 | 48 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 14 |
| IN India | — | 44 | 14 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 10 |
| TM Turkmenistan | — | 41 | 45 rec. | — | — | Bambang | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Indonesian127K97%
- English1.4K1%
- Malay8331%
- Arabic1541%
- Bangla1411%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesian | 126,770 | 97% |
| English | 1,410 | 1% |
| Malay | 833 | 1% |
| Arabic | 154 | 1% |
| Bangla | 141 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Bambang is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Filipino, drain; gutter; ditch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ace, butterfly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mak, hot, warm
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mrw, to bruise
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Bambang Hermantob. 1925IDIndonesian actor
- Bambang Hidayatb. 1934IDIndonesian scientist
- Bambang Subiantob. 1945IDIndonesian economist and politician (1945–2022)
- Bambang Sudibyob. 1952IDIndonesian politician
- Bambang Harymurtib. 1956IDIndonesian editor
- Bambang Soesatyob. 1962IDIndonesian politician
- Bambang Susantonob. 1963ID1st Head of Nusantara Capital City Authority (2022—2024) and 5th Deputy Minister of Transportation of Indonesia (2009—2014)
- Bambang Brodjonegorob. 1966IDIndonesian economist and politician (born 1966)
- Bambang Supriantob. 1969IDbadminton player
- Bambang Pamungkasb. 1980IDformer Indonesian footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 18 | #6,834 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 16 | #6,875 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #307,608 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2013 | 1 | #36,422 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 1 | #97 |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 7 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Bambang?
- We estimate roughly 18 people bear Bambang (counting its spellings and scripts) across 1 country in our records.
- In which country does Bambang have the most bearers?
- Bambang is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled bambang.
- How common is Bambang compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Bambang is the 52nd most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.
- Is Bambang a male or female name?
- Bambang is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Bambang mean?
- Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bambang” — the 52nd most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.