MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bangali mean?
Bangali is the geographic adjective for a connection with Bengal. As a personal name it draws on a regional place-word, without requiring a separate Sanskrit compound.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बंगाली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bangali in Indian usage
12,717 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,071 records (8.4%).
- Recorded as male: 11,646 records (91.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 817 |
| 1940s | 1,859 |
| 1950s | 2,731 |
| 1960s | 2,939 |
| 1970s | 2,285 |
| 1980s | 1,382 |
| 1990s | 522 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 5,449 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,653 |
| Jharkhand | 1,405 |
| Maharashtra | 755 |
| Gujarat | 616 |
| Rajasthan | 399 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 237 |
| Other states | 203 |
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