MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sukadev mean?
Sukadev is a vernacular form of Shukadev. Shuka is the son of Vyasa and narrator of the Bhagavata Purana to King Parikshit.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शुकदेव
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सुकदेव
Letter-by-letter: sukadeva
12,325 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sukadev in Indian usage
12,325 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सुकदेव.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 136 |
| 1930s | 509 |
| 1940s | 1,358 |
| 1950s | 2,104 |
| 1960s | 2,418 |
| 1970s | 2,299 |
| 1980s | 2,183 |
| 1990s | 1,318 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 6,388 |
| Jharkhand | 3,209 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,037 |
| Other states | 691 |
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
- Monier-Williams, śuka, p. 1079,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, deva, p. 492,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.