Meaning of the nameAssis
- Male
- As-sis
Assis is a male name that coincides with a surname, with the name of a municipality in São Paulo state, and with the Portuguese form of the name of the Italian city of Assisi.
Meaning
The meaning of Assis is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 8,784
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,873
- Median age
- 54 years
- 2010 Census
- 12,732
- people
Assis in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Assis, 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 (1,985 people).
64 women 8,720 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 Assis is most common
States with the highest share of people named Assis in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.009%
- Paraíba 0.009%
- Amazonas 0.009%
- Ceará 0.008%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.007%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,045 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,006 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 848 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 734 | 0.008% |
| Santa Catarina | 531 | 0.007% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 500 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 488 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 412 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 375 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 361 | 0.009% |
| Amazonas | 340 | 0.009% |
| Bahia | 264 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 255 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 242 | 0.007% |
| Goiás | 232 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 190 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso | 174 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 132 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 122 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 111 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 103 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 78 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 63 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 59 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 50 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 35 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 34 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Assis
Wiktionary records Assis as a surname and as the name of a municipality in São Paulo, and gives Assis as the Portuguese form of Assisi, a city in Umbria, Italy. As a given name, the origin is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,784 people named Assis, almost always male. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives Assiz as a spelling variant.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Assis (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · usage
- Wiktionary: Assisi (tradução portuguesa: Assis) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Assis · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Assis
What does the name Assis mean?
The meaning of Assis is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Assis in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,784 people with the first name Assis, which ranks it number 1,873 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Assis a boy's or a girl's name?
Assis is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 8,720 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Assis most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.009% of the state's population is named Assis (1,006 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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