Meaning of the nameAngra
- Female
- An-gra
Angra is a Brazilian feminine name that coincides with the Portuguese word angra, 'cove'; the origin of the name is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,584 people named Angra, the 6,043rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 33, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Angra 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)
- 1,584
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,043
- Median age
- 33 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,739
- people
Angra in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Angra, 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 (843 people).
1,574 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 Angra is most common
States with the highest share of people named Angra in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 281 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 248 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 201 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 159 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 96 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 95 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 66 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 62 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 54 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 47 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 39 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 27 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 23 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 22 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 22 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 21 | 0.000% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 19 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Angra
In Portuguese, angra is also a feminine noun meaning a cove, a bend in the coast, and Wiktionary links it to Late Latin ancra or angra. That is the sense of the common word, and the origin of the proper name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,584 people named Angra, with a median age of 33. Most were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Wiktionary: angra · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Angra
What does the name Angra mean?
The meaning of Angra 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 Angra in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,584 people with the first name Angra, which ranks it number 6,043 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Angra a boy's or a girl's name?
Angra is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,574 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Angra most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.004% of the state's population is named Angra (281 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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