Pondok

loc · Latin script

Meaning: A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Pondok is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Indonesia.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia
  • MYMalaysia
  • INIndia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
3 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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(measured from records)

A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pondok is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written ผลดก, Phondok, Pholdoke, Poldok, พลดก

16 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(measured from records)

Pondok 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 Indonesian, bungalow; cottage; lodge: a building for short-term stay

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

  • In zlm, night shelter, in two senses: 1. in Malay and Minangkabau, hut; shanty; lean-to; a depreciatory description of one’s own house, 2. in Java and Singapore a sort of hotel or residential clubhouse

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In bbc, hut, in particular a sales booth that one erects by the roadside

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In English, A crudely-built hut in parts of Asia.

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

  • In sas, temporary dwelling

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Pondok under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Pondok mean, and where does it come from?
A building for short-term stay; bungalow; cottage; lodge. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Pondok have the most bearers?
Pondok is most frequently recorded in Indonesia.

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About this data

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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, “Pondok”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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