MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Hukum mean?
Hukum is the familiar Hindi form of Arabic hukm, an order or command. The word also serves as a respectful form of address in Rajasthan and neighbouring regions.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हुकुम
Conventional spelling
Arabic
حکم
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Hukum in Indian usage
4,984 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 243 records (4.9%).
- Recorded as male: 4,741 records (95.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 243 |
| 1950s | 493 |
| 1960s | 911 |
| 1970s | 1,252 |
| 1980s | 1,189 |
| 1990s | 773 |
| Other decades | 123 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,014 |
| Rajasthan | 527 |
| Bihar | 502 |
| Haryana | 230 |
| Maharashtra | 164 |
| Jharkhand | 147 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 139 |
| Assam | 122 |
| Other states | 139 |
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