Biak
loc · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: SSA, 2023
/bˈiak/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Biak is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 6 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: reference-verified
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Biak counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 626 | — | 5 |
| NO Norway | — | 56 | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 23 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 17 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 16 | — | — |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)Biak is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In ibb, pain, hurt; sicken ilman AAbiak &116. She.'s in
as a wordIbibio Dictionary. Final Report
In zlm, prolific; increasing in numbers; breeding; e.g. _kembaŋ biak_ of a maggot that breeds in fruit; _mem-biak-kan ternak_ to breed livestock
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bkd, split wood along the grain (as for firewood)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In English, A small island north of New Guinea.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-wmp-pro, fruitful, prolific
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In iba, young
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 626 | #11,002 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 558 | #11,002 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 56 | #11,112 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 44 | #12,742 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 17 | #5,573 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 16 | #28,472 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 14 | #5,430 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 7 | — |
Reference works 1
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
- How do you pronounce Biak?
- A machine transcription gives /bˈiak/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- In which country does Biak have the most bearers?
- Biak is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Biak?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/biakThe 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, “Biak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.