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Meaning of the nameAlefi

Alefi is a Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin, recorded in the 2022 Census only from the generation born in 1990 onward.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 760 people named Alefi, the 9,998th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 20, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Alefi 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)
760
Rank in Brazil
#9,998
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
1,565
people

Alefi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alefi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (325 people).

0 women 753 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 Alefi is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1180.001%
São Paulo1150.000%
Minas Gerais750.000%
Pernambuco610.001%
Pará420.001%
Amazonas320.001%
Goiás280.000%
Maranhão250.000%
Paraíba250.001%
Alagoas240.001%
Santa Catarina230.000%
Espírito Santo230.001%
Ceará220.000%
Rio Grande do Norte200.001%
Rio de Janeiro160.000%
Paraná160.000%

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

About the name Alefi

The origin of the spelling Alefi is uncertain. It is similar to Alef, a name recorded in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) with the spelling variants Aleff, Alefh, Aleph, Halef and Haleff. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 760 people named Alefi, with a median age of 20; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. All the people recorded were born from 1990 onward, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alef · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alefi

What does the name Alefi mean?

The meaning of Alefi 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 Alefi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 760 people with the first name Alefi, which ranks it number 9,998 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Alefi is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 753 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Alefi most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Alefi (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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