MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Subedar mean?
Subedar joins sūba, province, with Persian -dār, holder. A provincial administrative title later became a military rank in South Asian armies.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सूबेदार
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सुबेदार
13,836 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Subedar in Indian usage
15,526 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 387 records (2.5%).
- Recorded as male: 15,139 records (97.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 515 |
| 1940s | 1,600 |
| 1950s | 2,534 |
| 1960s | 3,424 |
| 1970s | 3,144 |
| 1980s | 2,753 |
| 1990s | 1,449 |
| Other decades | 107 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,364 |
| Bihar | 1,731 |
| Jharkhand | 687 |
| Rajasthan | 460 |
| Maharashtra | 417 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 372 |
| Haryana | 251 |
| Other states | 244 |
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