MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raphikan mean?
Rafiqan adapts Arabic rafiq, companion or friend, into an Indo-Urdu feminine name. The ending an is found in older regional women's names formed from Arabic male-name stems.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रफ़ीकन
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रफीकन
8,544 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raphikan in Indian usage
8,544 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling रफीकन.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,385 records (98.1%).
- Recorded as male: 159 records (1.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 166 |
| 1930s | 909 |
| 1940s | 1,699 |
| 1950s | 1,984 |
| 1960s | 1,967 |
| 1970s | 1,076 |
| 1980s | 597 |
| Other decades | 146 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,100 |
| Rajasthan | 759 |
| Haryana | 353 |
| Other states | 332 |
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: رفيق ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.