MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kallan mean?
Kallan belongs to the North Indian Kallu group of household names. Kallu in turn draws on kala, the word for dark or black.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कल्लन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kallan in Indian usage
3,854 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: 962 records (25%).
- Recorded as male: 2,892 records (75%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 320 |
| 1950s | 545 |
| 1960s | 875 |
| 1970s | 981 |
| 1980s | 746 |
| 1990s | 262 |
| Other decades | 125 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,083 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,489 |
| Other states | 282 |
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