MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Surma mean?
Surma is the eye cosmetic made from a dark powder and used as kohl. The Persian loan is common in Hindi and Urdu descriptions of adorned eyes.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुरमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Surma in Indian usage
11,421 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,754 records (94.2%).
- Recorded as male: 667 records (5.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 672 |
| 1950s | 1,131 |
| 1960s | 1,852 |
| 1970s | 2,190 |
| 1980s | 2,781 |
| 1990s | 2,481 |
| Other decades | 314 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 3,472 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,017 |
| Odisha | 1,817 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,677 |
| Bihar | 657 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 413 |
| Assam | 353 |
| Jharkhand | 346 |
| Gujarat | 199 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 174 |
| Tripura | 123 |
| Other states | 173 |
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