Meaning of the nameBismark

Bismark is a male name that matches the name of a German town, of uncertain origin according to Wiktionary.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,003 people named Bismark, the 8,266th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 30, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Bismark 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): 1,003
Rank in Brazil: #8,266
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 1,037; people

Bismark in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Bismark, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (556 people).

0 women 997 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 Bismark is most common

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

Bahia 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	130	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	101	0.001%
São Paulo	100	0.000%
Maranhão	65	0.001%
Minas Gerais	63	0.000%
Paraíba	56	0.001%
Espírito Santo	55	0.001%
Amazonas	48	0.001%
Pará	40	0.001%
Ceará	39	0.000%
Sergipe	39	0.002%
Pernambuco	38	0.000%
Goiás	34	0.001%
Piauí	28	0.001%
Santa Catarina	24	0.000%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Acre	19	0.002%
Mato Grosso	18	0.001%

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

About the name Bismark

In Wiktionary's German entry Bismarck, the origin is uncertain, probably from the name of the German town of Bismark, formed from Biese (the name of a nearby river, related to Dutch bies, 'rush') and Mark ('border region'); the entry marks this etymology as incomplete. For this reason, the meaning of the name as a given name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,003 people named Bismark, with a median age of 30. The name is almost always male, and more than half of the people were born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Bismarck (verbete German) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Bismark

What does the name Bismark mean?

The meaning of Bismark 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 Bismark in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,003 people with the first name Bismark, which ranks it number 8,266 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Bismark is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 997 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Bismark?

Bismark is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Bismark most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Bismark (130 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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