MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Koya mean?
Malayalam Koya developed from the title Khwaja, used for a respected master or teacher. In Kerala the title also became a personal name, retaining its sense of respectful address.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कोया
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
കോയ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Koya in Indian usage
2,681 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 375 |
| 1950s | 867 |
| 1960s | 774 |
| 1970s | 385 |
| 1980s | 141 |
| Other decades | 139 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 2,541 |
| Other states | 140 |
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
- Wiktionary: കോയ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: خواجه ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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