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Meaning of the nameAdemilson

Ademilson is a Brazilian male name with the ending -ilson, which the Morfemário links to Nilson and Wilson, old English patronymics.

Meaning

The meaning of Ademilson is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
20,151
Rank in Brazil
#1,062
Median age
45 years
2010 Census
21,671
people

Ademilson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ademilson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (7,030 people).

55 women 20,096 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ademilson is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ademilson in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Mato Grosso 0.027%
  2. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.024%
  3. Rondônia 0.024%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.023%
  5. Sergipe 0.019%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,7650.011%
Bahia2,5530.018%
Minas Gerais1,9160.009%
Paraná1,7940.016%
Rio de Janeiro1,1120.007%
Pernambuco1,0160.011%
Mato Grosso9910.027%
Espírito Santo8610.023%
Mato Grosso do Sul6650.024%
Goiás6210.009%
Pará5730.007%
Santa Catarina5590.007%
Sergipe4280.019%
Rondônia3750.024%
Rio Grande do Sul3450.003%
Alagoas3070.010%
Maranhão2640.004%
Amazonas2140.005%
Paraíba1810.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1610.005%
Distrito Federal1360.005%
Tocantins960.006%
Ceará700.001%
Piauí490.002%
Acre380.005%
Amapá380.005%
Roraima230.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ademilson

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ademilson among the Brazilian names with the formative -ilson, probably taken from Nilson and Wilson, originally English patronymics, 'son of Nill' and 'son of Will'. The same source notes that almost all names in -ilson have a counterpart in -ilton, and the dictionary also has the entry Ademilton. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,151 people named Ademilson, with a median age of 45; the name is almost always male and proportionally it is most common in Mato Grosso.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilson) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ademilson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ademilton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ademilson

What does the name Ademilson mean?

The meaning of Ademilson is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Ademilson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,151 people with the first name Ademilson, which ranks it number 1,062 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Ademilson a boy's or a girl's name?

Ademilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 55 women and 20,096 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Ademilson most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.027% of the state's population is named Ademilson (991 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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