Meaning of the nameAparecido
- Male
- Portuguese origin
- A-pa-re-ci-do
Aparecido is a male name that comes from the participle of the Portuguese verb aparecer, 'to appear', meaning 'who appeared', and is linked to the Marian title Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
- People (2022)
- 77,422
- Rank in Brazil
- #398
- Median age
- 59 years
- 2010 Census
- 94,436
- people
Aparecido in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Aparecido, 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 (25,014 people).
275 women 77,147 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 Aparecido is most common
States with the highest share of people named Aparecido in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.132%
- Paraná 0.108%
- São Paulo 0.097%
- Mato Grosso 0.080%
- Rondônia 0.072%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 43,239 | 0.097% |
| Paraná | 12,394 | 0.108% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,735 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 3,651 | 0.132% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,939 | 0.080% |
| Goiás | 2,626 | 0.037% |
| Bahia | 2,253 | 0.016% |
| Rondônia | 1,133 | 0.072% |
| Pernambuco | 762 | 0.008% |
| Ceará | 724 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 520 | 0.017% |
| Santa Catarina | 499 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 339 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 245 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 241 | 0.009% |
| Tocantins | 220 | 0.015% |
| Sergipe | 169 | 0.008% |
| Paraíba | 142 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 101 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 88 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 78 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 75 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 74 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 68 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 57 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 37 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Aparecido
Aparecido is the past participle of the Portuguese verb aparecer, 'to appear', as Wiktionary records, and Priberam defines it as that which appeared. Behind the Name presents it as the masculine form of Aparecida, a name meaning 'appeared' in Portuguese that comes from the Brazilian title of the Virgin Mary, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 77,422 people named Aparecido, with a median age of 59. The name is almost always male, with the largest group born in the 1960s.
Sources
- Priberam: aparecido · dicionario.priberam.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: aparecido · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Aparecido · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Aparecida · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Aparecido
What does the name Aparecido mean?
Aparecido means “who appeared”, according to Priberam and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Aparecido in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 77,422 people with the first name Aparecido, which ranks it number 398 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Aparecido a boy's or a girl's name?
Aparecido is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 275 women and 77,147 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Aparecido?
Aparecido is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Aparecido most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.132% of the state's population is named Aparecido (3,651 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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