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Meaning of the nameAdilon

Adilon is a Brazilian masculine name that recalls the element Adi-, common in names formed in the country; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 975 people named Adilon, the 8,436th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 48, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Meaning

The meaning of Adilon 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)
975
Rank in Brazil
#8,436
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
1,308
people

Adilon in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adilon, 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 (203 people).

0 women 970 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 Adilon is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1530.001%
Goiás1060.002%
Bahia850.001%
São Paulo770.000%
Pará600.001%
Rio Grande do Sul560.001%
Maranhão520.001%
Amazonas520.001%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Paraná400.000%
Rio de Janeiro370.000%
Tocantins350.002%
Santa Catarina280.000%
Mato Grosso260.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Distrito Federal180.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%
Ceará150.000%

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

About the name Adilon

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the element Ad-, Ade-, Adi-, a probable fragment of Aderbal, in Brazilian names such as Adilan and Adielson. The dictionary records Adilon with the spelling variant Adilom, without an etymology. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 975 people named Adilon, with a median age of 48. The decade with the most records is the 1970s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adilon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adilon

What does the name Adilon mean?

The meaning of Adilon 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 Adilon in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 975 people with the first name Adilon, which ranks it number 8,436 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Adilon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 970 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Adilon most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Adilon (106 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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