---
title: "[USES 10 UNITS PER NAME] Infer the likely Indian name caste of up to 100 personal Indian Hindu names."
method: POST
path: "/api2/json/casteIndianBatch"
tags: ["indian"]
---

# [USES 10 UNITS PER NAME] Infer the likely Indian name caste of up to 100 personal Indian Hindu names.

`POST /api2/json/casteIndianBatch`

## Request body

- BatchFirstLastNameGeoSubdivisionIn
  - `personalNames` FirstLastNameGeoSubdivisionIn[]
    - `id` string
    - `firstName` string
    - `lastName` string
    - `countryIso2` string
    - `subdivisionIso` string

## Response `200`

A list of castegroup-coded names.

- BatchFirstLastNameCasteOut — Represents the output of inferring the LIKELY origin from a list of personal names.
  - `personalNames` FirstLastNameCasteOut[] — Classified origined 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)
    - `caste` string — Most likely caste
    - `casteAlt` string — Second best alternative : caste
    - `casteTop` string[] — List caste(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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