MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sur mean?
Sur can continue Sanskrit sura, a deity. Hindi and Urdu sur also denotes a musical note, through the Sanskrit word svara.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sur in Indian usage
1,711 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 597 records (34.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,114 records (65.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 181 |
| 1960s | 329 |
| 1970s | 493 |
| 1980s | 391 |
| 1990s | 167 |
| Other decades | 150 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 726 |
| Kerala | 498 |
| Other states | 487 |
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, sura, p. 1234,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, svara, p. 1285,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.