Prawira

surname · Latin script

Meaning: heroic, brave

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/prawˈira/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Prawira is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 7.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 253K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 483K

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)

≈37,000 people, est.

Sources
156 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

heroic, brave

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Prawira 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.

Where Prawira is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#652≈37,000 est.≈1 in 7.2KlistedPrawira156
MY Malaysia—≈68 est.≈1 in 483K—Prawira9
US United States—≈45 est.≈1 in 7.3M—Prawira40
PH Philippines—≈33 est.≈1 in 3.3M—Prawira4
SG Singapore—≈25 est.≈1 in 253K—Prawira9
NL Netherlands—≈3 est.≈1 in 5M5—8
PL Poland—31 in 13M3——

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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Thai given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States

    Also written ประวรา, ประวีระ, ประวีรา, Pravara, Praweera

27 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalYth. Bapak Prawira,Dear Bapak Prawira, (English)
InformalHalo Prawira,Hi Prawira, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Prawira
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20263—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#284,267

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 Prawira mean, and where does it come from?
heroic, brave Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Prawira?
A machine transcription gives /prawˈira/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
In which country does Prawira have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Prawira in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled prawira.
How common is the name Prawira?
In Poland, the national register counted 3 people named Prawira in 2026, about 1 in 13 million residents.
How common is Prawira compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Prawira is the 652nd 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, “Prawira” — the 652nd most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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