Meaning of the nameAlzerina
- Female
- Al-ze-ri-na
Alzerina is a feminine name of four syllables whose ending -ina, according to the Dictionary's morpheme list, is a Latin diminutive suffix; the origin of the rest of the name is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,437 people named Alzerina, the 6,457th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 65, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Alzerina 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)
- 1,437
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,457
- Median age
- 65 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,912
- people
Alzerina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alzerina, 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 (317 people).
1,429 women 0 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 Alzerina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alzerina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Ceará 0.002%
- Pará 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 151 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 147 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 125 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 124 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 107 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 95 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 95 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 92 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 85 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 49 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 49 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 43 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 38 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 33 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 31 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 30 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 25 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 21 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 20 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alzerina
The origin of Alzerina is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ina, found in Valentina and Regina, as a diminutive suffix from Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,437 people named Alzerina, with a median age of 65. The records are almost always female and are concentrated among people born up to the 1970s, with few records from the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ina) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Alzerina
What does the name Alzerina mean?
The meaning of Alzerina 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 Alzerina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,437 people with the first name Alzerina, which ranks it number 6,457 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Alzerina a boy's or a girl's name?
Alzerina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,429 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Alzerina most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Alzerina (151 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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