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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Linguistic Archaeology: Modern Indonesian family names

Modern Indonesian family names
1. Agung
2. Budi
3. Eka
4. Ginting
5. Gunawan
6. Hadi
7. Hartono
8. Hasan
9. Jakarta
10. Java
11. Nasution 
12. Putra
13. Putri
14. Salim
15. Santoso
16. Siahaan
17. Sihombing
18. Santoso
19. Sinaga
20. Siregar
21. Situmorang
22. Slamet
23. Suharto
24. Wahid
25. Wati
26. Widodo
27. Wijaya
28. Ahmad
29. Alwi
30. Antara
31. Anwar
32. Arifin
33. Dewi 
34. Hidayat
35. Ismail
36. Kurniawan
37. Lestari 
38. Mekel
39. Muhammad
40. Munaf
41. Murni
42. Ndari
43. Ningrum
44. Nugraha
45. Piliang
46. Saleh
47. Setiawan
48. Tjay
49. Angkasa
50. Astria
51. Baskoro
52. Batubara
53. Bayu
54. Bintang
55. Bulan
56. Cahya
57. Daturbara
58. Guntur
59. Inten
60. Karmela
61. Mentari
62. Persik
63. Sikumbang
64. Saphira
65. Sarasvati
66. Surya
67. Uwais
68. Wulandari
69. Yeo
70. Yue



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
55 78%    14 20%   36 51%  10 14%      24 34%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
8  11%     1    1%     9  12%     2    2%       14 20%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
13 18%    4   5%      9  12%    11 15%      14  20%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
31 44%    5   7%      0     0%     28 40%     25 35%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
25 35%    2   2%      12 17%    0     0%      8   11%

Z      %
0   0%


Popularity of use
78%: A,
51% I, A:
44% N, I, A:
40% R, N, I, A:
35% T, S, R, N, I, A: Antara, Astria,
34% U, T, S, R, N, I, A:
20% M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Guntur, Inten, Mentari, Murni, Ningrum, Agung, Ginting, Sinaga, Siregar,
18% H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Hasan, Siahaan, Nugraha,
17% W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Setiawan, Uwais, Wati,
15% L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Ismail, Lestari, Saleh, Salim, Slamet,
14% O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Situmorang, Suharto, Santoso, Santoso, Nasution, Hartono,
12% K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Karmela, Wulandari, Ndari, Angkasa, Mekel, Muhammad, Anwar, Dewi, Kurniawan, Widodo, Ahmad, Alwi, Gunawan, Hadi, Wahid, Eka,
11% Y, B, K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Yeo, Yue, Sikumbang, Surya, Baskoro, Batubara, Bayu, Bintang, Bulan, Daturbara, Sihombing, Hidayat, Budi,
7% P, Y, B, K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Persik, Saphira, Putra, Putri, Piliang,
5% J, P, Y, B, K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Wijaya, Tjay, Jakarta,
2% F, V, J, P, Y, B, K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Arifin, Munaf, Java, Sarasvati,
1% C, F, V, J, P, Y, B, K, D, O, L, W, H, M, G, E, U, T, S, R, N, I, A: Cahya,

0% Q, X, Z 


Conclusion: modern indonesia family names are dominated by the A-I-N linguistic subgroup.

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