MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Surja mean?
Surja belongs to the vernacular sūraj family of names for the sun. It is a traditional personal form in north Indian speech, retaining the solar meaning without requiring a separate Sanskrit feminine word.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सूरजा
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सुरजा
Letter-by-letter: surajā
21,032 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Surja in Indian usage
27,677 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: 18,230 records (65.9%).
- Recorded as male: 9,447 records (34.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,134 |
| 1940s | 4,114 |
| 1950s | 5,437 |
| 1960s | 6,107 |
| 1970s | 4,116 |
| 1980s | 3,124 |
| 1990s | 2,004 |
| Other decades | 641 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 10,083 |
| Rajasthan | 10,029 |
| Jharkhand | 2,253 |
| Haryana | 2,169 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,343 |
| Bihar | 722 |
| Uttarakhand | 643 |
| Punjab | 237 |
| Other states | 198 |
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, sūrya, p. 1243,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.