Prabhú

surname · Latin script

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

Prabhú is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 573K(measured from records)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 11K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 17K

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)

≈6,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
249 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

PrabhúLatin(measured from records)
ประภThai(measured from records)
প্রভBengali(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Prabhu in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 3 more.

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)

From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu).

Sources 5

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
  • Wiktionary
  • Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Prabhú 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 Prabhú is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia—≈6,000 est.≈1 in 45K—Prabhu25
AE United Arab Emirates—≈870 est.≈1 in 11K—Prabhu2
MY Malaysia—≈600 est.≈1 in 54K—Prabhu26
US United States—5811 in 573K2.2KPrabhu249
SG Singapore—≈380 est.≈1 in 17K—Prabhu41
AU Australia—≈160 est.≈1 in 163K1—1
IN India#646——5.2KPrabhu227

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Prabhú 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 Prabhú mean, and where does it come from?
From Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 3 other sources.
In which country does Prabhú have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Prabhú in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled prabhu.
How common is the name Prabhú?
In the United States, the national register counted 581 people named Prabhú in 2020, about 1 in 573 thousand residents.
How common is Prabhú compared with other names?
In India, Prabhú is the 646th most common given name of 3,760,348 given names 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, “Prabhú” — the 646th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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