MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Apu mean?
Apu is a Bengali familiar form often connected with Apurba, extraordinary or unique. The name is especially remembered through Apu, the central character of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's Pather Panchali.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
অপু
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अपु
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Apu in Indian usage
2,941 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: 642 records (21.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,299 records (78.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 677 |
| 1980s | 1,148 |
| 1990s | 828 |
| Other decades | 288 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 1,483 |
| Assam | 838 |
| Bihar | 184 |
| Jharkhand | 136 |
| Other states | 300 |
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