MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kanku mean?
Gujarati kanku is the red powder used for auspicious marks in domestic and ceremonial settings. It is a regional word related to kumkum, which gives the name its colour and ritual association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कंकू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
कंकु
Letter-by-letter: kaṃku
12,652 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kanku in Indian usage
19,456 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 19,262 records (99%).
- Recorded as male: 194 records (1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 958 |
| 1940s | 2,162 |
| 1950s | 3,231 |
| 1960s | 4,012 |
| 1970s | 2,811 |
| 1980s | 3,400 |
| 1990s | 2,573 |
| Other decades | 309 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 18,139 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,093 |
| Other states | 224 |
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