MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anek mean?
Anek comes from Sanskrit aneka, more than one or many. The formation negates eka, one, and expresses multiplicity or variety.
Pronunciation
IAST: aneka
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनेक
Letter-by-letter: aneka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anek in Indian usage
5,382 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,325 records (24.6%).
- Recorded as male: 4,057 records (75.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 429 |
| 1960s | 797 |
| 1970s | 1,101 |
| 1980s | 1,626 |
| 1990s | 1,209 |
| Other decades | 220 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,625 |
| Rajasthan | 746 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 512 |
| Bihar | 176 |
| Other states | 323 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, aneka, p. 42,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.