Firman

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Indonesian: word of God

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 5.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 39K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 83K

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)

≈50,000 people, est.

Sources
188 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

How Firman is read(measured from records)

Firman is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Indonesian47%

    word of God

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

  • English38%

    A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Firman 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 Firman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia#365≈50,000 est.≈1 in 5.4KlistedFirman188
US United States—1,3201 in 252K1.3KFirman77
MY Malaysia—≈840 est.≈1 in 39K—Firman35
GB United Kingdom—≈780 est.≈1 in 84K—Firman29
PH Philippines—≈330 est.≈1 in 328K—Firman13
CA Canada—≈270 est.≈1 in 142K—Firman11
SG Singapore—≈75 est.≈1 in 83K—Firman21

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)

Firman is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Fîrmåñ, Firmán

  • Ukrainian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Czech

    Also written Фірман, Фирман, Fìrman

48 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)

Firman is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Galician, third-person plural present indicative of firmar

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

  • In Esperanto, accusative singular of firma

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

  • In Swedish, definite singular of firma

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

  • In Finnish, genitive singular of firma

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

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Bert Firman, b. 1906John Firman, b. 1945Mirek Firman, b. 1961Paulus Firman, b. 1968Ralph Firman, b. 1975Natasha Firman, b. 1976Volodymyr Firman, b. 1976Pete Firman, b. 1980Brett Firman, b. 1982Nazar Firman, b. 1983

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

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

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Firman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#20,192
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.2K#20,298
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.2K#21,880
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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

Where does the name Firman come from?
A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Firman?
A machine transcription gives /fɪrman/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
What does the name Firman mean?
In Indonesian, word of God
In which country does Firman have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 50 thousand people named Firman in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled firman.
How common is the name Firman?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,320 people named Firman in 2010, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
How common is Firman compared with other names?
In Indonesia, Firman is the 365th 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, “Firman” — the 365th most common surname in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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