---
title: "[USES 10 UNITS PER NAME] Infer the likely religion of up to 100 personal first/last Indian names, provided the subclassification at State or Union territory level (NB/ can be inferred using the subclassification endpoint)."
method: POST
path: "/api2/json/religionIndianBatch"
tags: ["indian"]
---

# [USES 10 UNITS PER NAME] Infer the likely religion of up to 100 personal first/last Indian names, provided the subclassification at State or Union territory level (NB/ can be inferred using the subclassification endpoint).

`POST /api2/json/religionIndianBatch`

## Request body

- BatchFirstLastNameSubdivisionIn
  - `personalNames` FirstLastNameSubdivisionIn[]
    - `id` string
    - `firstName` string
    - `lastName` string
    - `subdivisionIso` string

## Response `200`

A list of religion-coded names.

- BatchFirstLastNameReligionedOut — Represents the output of inferring the LIKELY religion from a list of personal names.
  - `personalNames` FirstLastNameReligionedOut[] — Classified names
    - `script` string
    - `id` string
    - `explanation` string
    - `firstName` string — The first name (also known as given name)
    - `lastName` string — The last name (also known as family name, or surname)
    - `religion` string — Most likely religion
    - `religionAlt` string — Second best alternative : religion
    - `religionsTop` string[] — List countries (top 10)
    - `score` number, double — Compatibility to NamSor_v1 Origin score value. Higher score is better, but score is not normalized. Use calibratedProbability if available.
    - `probabilityCalibrated` number, double — The calibrated probability for caste to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.
    - `probabilityAltCalibrated` number, double — The calibrated probability for caste OR casteAlt to have been guessed correctly. -1 = still calibrating.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request (ex. too many names)
- `401` — Missing or incorrect API Key
- `403` — Email not Verified, or API Limit Reached, or API Key Disabled
- `429` — Too Many Requests

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