MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phakir mean?
Arabic faqīr literally denotes poverty or need. In South Asian devotional usage it also describes an ascetic or mendicant.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फ़क़ीर
Conventional spelling
Gujarati
ફકીર
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phakir in Indian usage
49,307 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: 15,456 records (31.3%).
- Recorded as male: 33,851 records (68.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,083 |
| 1940s | 5,071 |
| 1950s | 7,177 |
| 1960s | 8,529 |
| 1970s | 9,472 |
| 1980s | 9,993 |
| 1990s | 6,374 |
| Other decades | 608 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 16,533 |
| Gujarat | 12,942 |
| Punjab | 4,069 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,597 |
| Haryana | 2,413 |
| Bihar | 2,308 |
| Rajasthan | 1,695 |
| Odisha | 1,598 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,279 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,083 |
| Jharkhand | 975 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 678 |
| Other states | 137 |
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