Meaning of the nameAssunção
- Unisex
- Latin origin
- As-sun-ção
Assunção is a name of Latin origin that recalls the Assumption of Our Lady, from Latin assumptio, and is used for women and, in smaller numbers, for men.
- People (2022)
- 1,603
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,987
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,264
- people
Assunção in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Assunção, 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 (461 people).
1,119 women 484 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 Assunção is most common
States with the highest share of people named Assunção in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
- Maranhão 0.004%
- Pará 0.002%
- Ceará 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 256 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 196 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 181 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 161 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 146 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 93 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 92 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 87 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 70 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 68 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 29 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 27 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 24 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 24 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 23 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 21 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 19 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 16 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Assunção
Assunção comes from the Portuguese noun assunção, a learned borrowing from Latin assūmptiōnem, and as a given name it refers, in Catholicism, to the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The old spelling is Assumpção, and Wiktionary gives Asunción as the Spanish name of the Paraguayan capital, of which Assunção is a calque. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,603 people named Assunção, with a median age of 58.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Assunção · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: assunção · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Assunção
What does the name Assunção mean?
Assunção means “the Assumption of Mary, the rising of the Virgin into heaven”, according to Wiktionary.
How many people are named Assunção in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,603 people with the first name Assunção, which ranks it number 5,987 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Assunção a boy's or a girl's name?
Assunção is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 1,119 women and 484 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Assunção?
Assunção is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Assunção most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Assunção (146 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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