Bambang
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Javanese
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Bambang is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 33K
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.4M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 235 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈240,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Javanese
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bambang counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #27 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Bambang | 235 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Bambang | 29 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 65K | — | Bambang | 7 |
| US United States | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Bambang | 96 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 714K | — | Bambang | 13 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Bambang | 31 |
| TM Turkmenistan | — | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Bambang | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 18 | 1 in 2.1M | 18 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the id-github-names register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
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(measured from records)
- 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(measured from records)
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 |
| 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bambang mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Javanese Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- 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.
- In which country does Bambang have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 243 thousand people named Bambang in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bambang.
- How common is the name Bambang?
- In Poland, the national register counted 18 people named Bambang in 2026, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
- How common is Bambang compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Bambang is the 27th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bambangThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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 27th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.