Meaning of the nameAdeval
- Male
- A-de-val
Adeval is a Brazilian male name formed from Ade- and -val, two elements of uncertain origin; the meaning of the name is not known.
Meaning
The meaning of Adeval is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,518
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,205
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,707
- people
Adeval in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adeval, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (407 people).
0 women 1,514 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 Adeval is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adeval in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Alagoas 0.006%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 313 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 252 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 190 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 176 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 66 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 63 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 56 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 50 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 49 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 41 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 36 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 25 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 24 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 20 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 18 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 18 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 18 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adeval
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil says Ade- is probably taken from given names such as Aderbal, and that -val has an uncertain origin, perhaps taken from names such as Durval and Lourival. The meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,518 people named Adeval, with a median age of 53. The name is almost always male, and the peak is in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ade-, -val) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Adeval
What does the name Adeval mean?
The meaning of Adeval is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Adeval in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,518 people with the first name Adeval, which ranks it number 6,205 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Adeval a boy's or a girl's name?
Adeval is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,514 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Adeval most common?
Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Adeval (176 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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