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Meaning of the nameAluiso

Aluiso is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, a spelling variant of Aluizo, with the most records among people born in the 1950s and 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,264 people named Aluiso, the 7,076th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 56, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Meaning

The meaning of Aluiso 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)
1,264
Rank in Brazil
#7,076
Median age
56 years
2010 Census
1,219
people

Aluiso in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aluiso, 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 (343 people).

0 women 1,254 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 Aluiso is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.002%
  2. Ceará 0.002%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco1550.002%
São Paulo1460.000%
Ceará1310.002%
Rio de Janeiro1030.001%
Pará810.001%
Bahia700.001%
Alagoas680.002%
Paraíba650.002%
Amazonas620.002%
Maranhão540.001%
Minas Gerais480.000%
Sergipe340.002%
Piauí280.001%
Goiás270.000%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Paraná210.000%
Rio Grande do Sul180.000%
Rondônia180.001%
Santa Catarina150.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul150.001%

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

About the name Aluiso

The origin of the spelling Aluiso is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Aluiso as a spelling variant of Aluizo and has separate entries for Aluisio, Aluiz and Aluizo, with no etymology filled in. It also mentions Aloísio, which Behind the Name gives as the Portuguese form of Aloysius, a Latinized form of the Occitan Aloys. The connection of Aluiso to these forms is not documented. It is an almost always male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,264 people named Aluiso, with a median age of 56.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aluizo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aluisio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Behind the Name: Aloysius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Aluiso

What does the name Aluiso mean?

The meaning of Aluiso 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 Aluiso in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,264 people with the first name Aluiso, which ranks it number 7,076 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Aluiso is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,254 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Aluiso most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Aluiso (155 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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