Joko
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Javanese
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/d͡ʒˈoko/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 60th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 26K
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 18K
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
- 209 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 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)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joko 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 | #60 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | #25 | Joko | 209 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Joko | 9 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Joko | 23 |
| CN China | — | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Joko | 5 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 244K | — | Joko | 15 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Joko | 10 |
| HR Croatia | — | 70 | 1 in 60K | 70 | — | — |
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; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)
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(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 70 | #1,943 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 50 | — |
| 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 Joko mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Javanese Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Joko?
- A machine transcription gives /d͡ʒˈoko/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- 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.
- In which country does Joko have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 142 thousand people named Joko in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joko.
- How common is the name Joko?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 70 people named Joko in 2021, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.
- How common is Joko compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Joko is the 60th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Joko?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jokoThe 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, “Joko” — the 60th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.