Damanik
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Damanik is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a surname from Simalungun Batak.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 6.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 171K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 301K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 123 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈43,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname from Simalungun Batak
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Damanik 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 | #301 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | listed | Damanik | 123 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 171K | — | Damanik | 17 |
| IN India | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 24M | — | Damanik | 4 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | — | Damanik | 3 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 301K | — | Damanik | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Damanik | 5 |
| TM Turkmenistan | — | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Damanik | 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.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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 Damanik mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname from Simalungun Batak Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Damanik have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Damanik in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled damanik.
- How common is the name Damanik?
- Mondonomo estimates about 43,000 people in Indonesia have Damanik as their first surname, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Damanik compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Damanik is the 301st most common surname of 451,395 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Damanik” — the 301st most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.