MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Karanail mean?
Karanail is the Punjabi name Karnail, borrowed from the military rank colonel. Punjabi ਕਰਨੈਲ preserves the local form that became an independent personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
करनैल
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਕਰਨੈਲ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
करनेल
Letter-by-letter: karanela
649 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Karanail in Indian usage
54,751 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: 12,569 records (23%).
- Recorded as male: 42,182 records (77%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,496 |
| 1940s | 9,671 |
| 1950s | 12,992 |
| 1960s | 13,519 |
| 1970s | 8,825 |
| 1980s | 4,356 |
| 1990s | 1,186 |
| Other decades | 706 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 42,600 |
| Haryana | 6,829 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,129 |
| Rajasthan | 1,465 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 852 |
| Uttarakhand | 418 |
| Chandigarh | 261 |
| Other states | 197 |
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