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Meaning of the nameAdreia

Adreia is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, written without the n of Andreia.

Meaning

The meaning of Adreia 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)
3,479
Rank in Brazil
#3,514
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
5,126
people

Adreia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adreia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,335 people).

3,438 women 41 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 Adreia is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.003%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. Pará 0.002%
  5. Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5540.001%
Minas Gerais3800.002%
Bahia3170.002%
Rio de Janeiro2550.002%
Pernambuco1880.002%
Paraná1810.002%
Pará1770.002%
Maranhão1610.002%
Santa Catarina1340.002%
Goiás1230.002%
Amazonas1070.003%
Ceará1010.001%
Rio Grande do Sul920.001%
Mato Grosso910.003%
Espírito Santo840.002%
Alagoas730.002%
Piauí630.002%
Paraíba550.001%
Rio Grande do Norte540.002%
Rondônia520.003%
Tocantins480.003%
Sergipe470.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul450.002%
Distrito Federal420.002%
Roraima210.003%
Amapá190.003%
Acre150.002%

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

About the name Adreia

The origin of the spelling Adreia is uncertain. It resembles Andreia, a feminine name recorded in Wiktionary as the Portuguese form of Andrea, though the link between the two spellings is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,479 people named Adreia, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas. The records are almost always female, and most of the people were born between 1970 and 1999.

Sources

  1. IBGE: Nomes no Brasil, Censo 2022 · censo2022.ibge.gov.br · usage
  2. Wiktionary: Andreia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Adreia

What does the name Adreia mean?

The meaning of Adreia 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 Adreia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,479 people with the first name Adreia, which ranks it number 3,514 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Adreia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,438 women and 41 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Adreia most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Adreia (107 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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