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Meaning of the nameBráulio

Bráulio is a male name recorded by IBGE as Braulio, without the accent, and its origin is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Bráulio 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)
6,242
Rank in Brazil
#2,348
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
7,725
people

Bráulio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Bráulio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,730 people).

0 women 6,225 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 Bráulio is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.007%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
  3. Sergipe 0.005%
  4. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1,4060.007%
São Paulo9450.002%
Rio Grande do Sul6270.006%
Rio de Janeiro5700.004%
Bahia4940.004%
Paraná2800.002%
Pernambuco2770.003%
Santa Catarina2500.003%
Goiás1670.002%
Espírito Santo1290.003%
Distrito Federal1210.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1140.004%
Paraíba1100.003%
Sergipe1050.005%
Pará940.001%
Ceará860.001%
Alagoas840.003%
Amazonas640.002%
Piauí630.002%
Maranhão600.001%
Rio Grande do Norte600.002%
Mato Grosso580.002%
Rondônia320.002%
Tocantins310.002%

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

About the name Bráulio

The origin of Bráulio is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Bráulio as the Portuguese variant of the entry Braulio, a form that also appears in Spanish and Galician. Most of the people recorded were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,242 people named Braulio, with a median age of 46. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Braulio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Behind the Name: Braulio · behindthename.com · spelling
  3. Wiktionary: Braulio · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Bráulio

What does the name Bráulio mean?

The meaning of Bráulio 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 Bráulio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,242 people with the first name Bráulio, which ranks it number 2,348 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Bráulio a boy's or a girl's name?

Bráulio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 6,225 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Bráulio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.007% of the state's population is named Bráulio (1,406 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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