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Across the world, Shukla (Shukla , Шукла , शुक्ल ) is a widespread primarily female, but very seldom masculine forename. The forename Shukla is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely male name, Bangladesh, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Oman, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Bangladesh, and China. More prevalently, Shukla is the last name as well as the forename.