MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Phurakan mean?
Phurakan reflects Arabic furqān, a criterion or distinction between right and wrong. The word is also a Quranic title, connecting the name with the idea of guidance and discernment.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फ़ुरक़ान
Conventional spelling
Arabic
فرقان
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
फुरकान
31,629 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Phurakan in Indian usage
33,138 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 487 records (1.5%).
- Recorded as male: 32,651 records (98.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 845 |
| 1960s | 2,737 |
| 1970s | 5,738 |
| 1980s | 12,172 |
| 1990s | 11,372 |
| Other decades | 274 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 27,245 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,352 |
| Jharkhand | 866 |
| Bihar | 811 |
| Assam | 460 |
| Haryana | 437 |
| Rajasthan | 386 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 304 |
| Maharashtra | 159 |
| Other states | 118 |
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