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Meaning of the nameAsafe

Asafe is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of the biblical name Asaph, which means 'collector' or, according to Wiktionary, 'gathered by God'.

Meaning

“collector”

Source: Wiktionary: Asaph · Behind the Name: Asaph · Blue Letter Bible: H623 Asaph

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People (2022)
8,689
Rank in Brazil
#1,888
Median age
5 years
2010 Census
1,317
people

Asafe in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Asafe, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (4,030 people).

160 women 8,529 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 Asafe is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.020%
  2. Acre 0.018%
  3. Amapá 0.014%
  4. Pará 0.010%
  5. Rondônia 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro9760.006%
Minas Gerais8480.004%
Pará8480.010%
São Paulo8230.002%
Amazonas7820.020%
Bahia6360.005%
Maranhão4680.007%
Goiás4540.006%
Ceará2910.003%
Paraná2700.002%
Espírito Santo2600.007%
Pernambuco2190.002%
Santa Catarina1980.003%
Mato Grosso1760.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1660.002%
Acre1520.018%
Distrito Federal1470.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1380.005%
Rondônia1240.008%
Paraíba1130.003%
Tocantins1080.007%
Rio Grande do Norte1050.003%
Amapá1030.014%
Piauí1000.003%
Alagoas890.003%
Roraima680.011%
Sergipe270.001%

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

About the name Asafe

Asafe is the Portuguese form of a biblical name from the Old Testament, which appears in 1 Chronicles 6:39 in the Almeida Revista e Corrigida translation. It comes from the Hebrew ʾĀsāp̄, linked to a verb that means 'to gather, to collect'. Behind the Name and Strong's translate it as 'collector', and Wiktionary as 'gathered by God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,689 people named Asafe, with a median age of 5; the vast majority were born from 2010 onward.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Asaph · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Asaph · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Blue Letter Bible: H623 Asaph · blueletterbible.org · meaning
  4. Bible Gateway: 1 Crônicas 6:39 (ARC) · biblegateway.com · spelling

Questions about the name Asafe

What does the name Asafe mean?

Asafe means “collector”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Asafe in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,689 people with the first name Asafe, which ranks it number 1,888 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Asafe is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 160 women and 8,529 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Asafe?

Asafe is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Asafe most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.020% of the state's population is named Asafe (782 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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