Meaning of the nameCarita
- Female
- Ca-ri-ta
Carita is a spelling of the name Karita.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,120 people named Carita, the 7,656th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 35.5, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.
Meaning
The meaning of Carita 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)
- 1,120
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,656
- Median age
- 35.5 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,381
- people
Carita in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Carita, 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 (296 people).
1,115 women 0 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 Carita is most common
States with the highest share of people named Carita in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.006%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Goiás | 411 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 195 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 134 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 48 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 31 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 27 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 25 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 24 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 20 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 19 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 18 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 17 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Carita
The spelling with C, without an accent; in IBGE data the accent of Cárita does not appear, so the two forms are added together under Carita.
About the name Karita
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Karita as a spelling variant of Carita or Cárita, which have more records. According to Machado (1981), cited there, Cárita comes from the Latin Charita, and Carita is a surname and a diminutive of the noun 'cara' (Portuguese for 'face'). These explanations do not give a meaning for the name, which is therefore left without a recorded meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,422 people named Karita and 1,120 named Carita, almost always women; both are proportionally most common in Goiás, and Karita has the most records among those born in the 1980s and 1990s.
Other spellings of Karita
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Karita | 2,422 |
| Carita | 1,120 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Carita
What does the name Carita mean?
The meaning of Carita 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 Carita in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,120 people with the first name Carita, which ranks it number 7,656 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Carita a boy's or a girl's name?
Carita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,115 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Carita most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.006% of the state's population is named Carita (411 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Carita?
Karita. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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