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Most Indonesians, particularly from the western parts, do not use family names. Only some ethnic groups maintain family names, such as Bataks, Nias, Mentawai, some Dayaks, and most ethnic groups in eastern Indonesia (except in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and some groups in Sulawesi, such as the Butonese).
A single name is recognized as a full personal name, [1] and the addition of further components–such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics or matronymics–is a matter of parents' choice when registering the child's name. Even then, family names or patronymics are just considered part of the full ...
Print/export Download as PDF ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Surnames of Indonesian origin" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
Daryati, Indonesian maid sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her employer Seow Kim Choo in Singapore Purwanti Parji , Indonesian maid who killed her employer’s mother-in-law Har Chit Heang Juminem and Siti Aminah , two Indonesian maids responsible for the killing of their employer Esther Ang
The most common method of adopting Indonesian-sounding names were to obtain a first name alongside an Indonesian surname with elements derived from their Chinese surname. In certain instances, the phonetic spelling of these surnames is utilized instead of their original spelling, likely to aid non-Chinese speakers in accurate pronunciation or ...
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Mardijkers: Their name means "freeman" and derives from the Dutch pronunciation of the Malay word "merdeka", which means "free". The ancestors of the Mardijkers were captured as slaves from Portuguese controlled territories in India, Malacca, and Africa by the Dutch East India Company with varying ethnic origins, Including Europeans and various ...