SINGER

Surinder Kaur

1929 - 2006

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Surinder Kaur (25 November 1929 – 14 June 2006) was an Indian singer and songwriter. While she mainly sang Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre, Kaur also recorded songs as a playback singer for Hindi films between 1948 and 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Surinder Kaur has received more than 430,282 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Surinder Kaur is the 2,582nd most popular singer (down from 2,460th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 120th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Surinder Kaur ranks 2,582 out of 4,381. Before her are Anna Sedokova, Mai Charoenpura, Park Gyu-ri, Victoria Spivey, DQ, and Dan Bittman. After her are Capleton, Mark E. Smith, Inspectah Deck, Jakub Józef Orliński, Rita Guerra, and Han Hong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Surinder Kaur ranks 547. Before her are William Safire, King Moody, Bobby Johnstone, Tommy Banks, Barbara Murray, and Keith Gardner. After her are Jack Kelsey, Jacqueline Hill, Edith Windsor, Sylvia Cheeseman, Pallonji Mistry, and Pete George. Among people deceased in 2006, Surinder Kaur ranks 397. Before her are Mervyn Wood, Isaac Gálvez, Irving Kaplansky, John Spencer, Esther Victoria Abraham, and Gernot Jurtin. After her are Mihály Fülöp, Sarah Caldwell, Jesús Rollán, Corinne Rey-Bellet, Henry M. Morris, and Noor Hassanali.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Surinder Kaur ranks 141 out of 217. Before her are Ghulam Ali (1940), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Zia Mohyeddin (1931), Keshav Dutt (1925), Salma Agha (1956), and Bina Rai (1931). After her are Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), Shyama (1935), Chetan Anand (1915), Hamid Mir (1966), Rehman Malik (1951), and Chris Van Hollen (1959).

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Among SINGERS In Pakistan

Among singers born in Pakistan, Surinder Kaur ranks 5. Before her are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Shamshad Begum (1919), and Ghulam Ali (1940). After her are Abida Parveen (1954), Nazia Hassan (1965), Ghazala Javed (1988), Atif Aslam (1983), Amjad Sabri (1970), and Hadiqa Kiani (1972).

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