MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kalua mean?
Kalua is an affectionate vernacular form built on kālā, dark. The ending ua is common in eastern Hindi household names.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कलुआ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कलुवा
Letter-by-letter: kaluvā
4,878 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kalua in Indian usage
5,542 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 234 records (4.2%).
- Recorded as male: 5,308 records (95.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 194 |
| 1940s | 551 |
| 1950s | 1,057 |
| 1960s | 1,647 |
| 1970s | 1,282 |
| 1980s | 643 |
| Other decades | 168 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,075 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 988 |
| Rajasthan | 292 |
| Other states | 187 |
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