MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jang mean?
Jang is the Persian word for war, adopted into Urdu and Hindi. It also appears in historical military titles, explaining its use in personal naming.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जंग
Conventional spelling
Arabic
جنگ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jang in Indian usage
13,893 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 998 records (7.2%).
- Recorded as male: 12,895 records (92.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 546 |
| 1940s | 1,544 |
| 1950s | 2,475 |
| 1960s | 3,265 |
| 1970s | 2,926 |
| 1980s | 2,031 |
| 1990s | 1,002 |
| Other decades | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,213 |
| Bihar | 2,738 |
| Haryana | 829 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 251 |
| Uttarakhand | 220 |
| Jharkhand | 187 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 153 |
| Rajasthan | 123 |
| Other states | 179 |
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