MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sultana mean?
Sultana is the feminine counterpart of the title sultan. The royal title developed into a personal name in several languages.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुल्ताना
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সুলতানা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सुलताना
14,691 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sultana in Indian usage
45,467 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 44,251 records (97.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,216 records (2.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 697 |
| 1950s | 1,769 |
| 1960s | 4,593 |
| 1970s | 9,094 |
| 1980s | 16,472 |
| 1990s | 12,594 |
| Other decades | 248 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,669 |
| Bihar | 8,277 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,404 |
| Assam | 4,612 |
| Rajasthan | 4,033 |
| Maharashtra | 3,556 |
| Jharkhand | 2,314 |
| Delhi | 1,380 |
| Odisha | 1,006 |
| Uttarakhand | 866 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 789 |
| Manipur | 399 |
| Haryana | 330 |
| Tripura | 329 |
| Punjab | 160 |
| Other states | 343 |
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