Joko

given name · Indonesian · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Joko is a given name, most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is the 76th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia1 in 1.1K
  • MYMalaysia1 in 22K
  • SGSingapore1 in 34K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈104

across 4 countries

Sources
196

10K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 60K

Croatia

Meaning & origin

a male given name from Javanese

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Joko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#7685,1188K rec.#25Joko196
MY Malaysia2,953776 rec.Joko23
PH Philippines591284 rec.Joko23
RU Russia49811 rec.Joko7
US United States388352 rec.Joko74
SG Singapore320146 rec.Joko10
TW Taiwan8998 rec.Joko9
NG Nigeria7976 rec.Joko16
IN India7155 rec.458Joko16
HR Croatia701 in 60K70
ZA South Africa42114 rec.Joko9
IT Italy3517 rec.Joko5

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages

  • Indonesian90K94%
  • English1.4K1%
  • Croatian5711%
  • Spanish5361%
  • Malay4891%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Indonesian89,54794%
English1,4031%
Croatian5711%
Spanish5361%
Malay4891%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way

Joko is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name2.9K records spelled Joko3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Sweden, Nigeria

    Also written Jōko

  • Hindi given name1.2K records spelled Joko3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Jökö

  • Japanese given name1.0K records spelled Joko5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States, Malaysia, Canada

    Also written Jokō, Jōkō, Jōko, Jôkô

  • Spanish given name1.0K records spelled Joko4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Malaysia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jôkô, Jỏko

  • Croatian given name637 records spelled Joko13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bulgaria, Russia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Yoko, Йоко, Јоко

  • German given name323 records spelled Joko5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States

    Also written Yōko, Yōkō, Yôko, Yókó

  • a separate given name303 records spelled Joko3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Jokō, Jōkō

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Joko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Yoruba, alternative form of jókòó (“to sit (down)”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, game

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In krl, form of jo (with enclitic-ko)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Javanese, nonstandard spelling of jaka

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In io, joke, banter, jest

    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

19201940196019802000Yoko Tani, b. 1928Yōko Minamida, b. 1933Sapardi Djoko Damono, b. 1940Yoko Aki, b. 1945Joko Widodo, b. 1961Yoko Kanno, b. 1964Yōko Takahashi, b. 1966Yoko Ishida, b. 1973Joko Anwar, b. 1976Yoko Maki, b. 1982
  • Yoko Tanib. 1928FRnot in their usual nameFrench-born Japanese actress (1928-1999)
  • Yōko Minamidab. 1933JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress
  • Sapardi Djoko Damonob. 1940IDnot in their usual nameIndonesian poet (1940-2020)
  • Yoko Akib. 1945JPnot in their usual nameactress, novelist
  • Joko Widodob. 1961ID7th President of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Yoko Kannob. 1964JPnot in their usual nameJapanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer
  • Yōko Takahashib. 1966JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer (1966-)
  • Yoko Ishidab. 1973JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer
  • Joko Anwarb. 1976IDIndonesian film director
  • Yoko Makib. 1982JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress

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 20 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Joko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls458#9,808
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202170#1,943
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202150
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)29#152,390
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202622#6,013
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)20#28,077
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)20#26,522
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)19#6,290
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)11#34,476
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)20248#1,820
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19783
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19763

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 · 57 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Joko?
We estimate roughly 104 people bear Joko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
In which country does Joko have the most bearers?
Joko is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled joko.
How common is Joko compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Joko is the 76th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.
Is Joko a male or female name?
Joko 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 Joko mean?
Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese
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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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, “Joko” — the 76th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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