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Meaning of the nameClaudiceia

Claudiceia is a modern-formed Brazilian feminine name, similar to Cláudia, recorded mostly among people born from 1950 to 1990.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,094 people named Claudiceia, the 4,949th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 44, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Meaning

The meaning of Claudiceia 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)
2,094
Rank in Brazil
#4,949
Median age
44 years
2010 Census
2,155
people

Claudiceia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Claudiceia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (771 people).

2,086 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 Claudiceia is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.005%
  2. Pernambuco 0.003%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4290.001%
Pernambuco2520.003%
Rio de Janeiro2110.001%
Minas Gerais1810.001%
Paraná1780.002%
Espírito Santo1740.005%
Bahia970.001%
Santa Catarina720.001%
Sergipe700.003%
Alagoas680.002%
Rondônia540.003%
Pará510.001%
Mato Grosso510.001%
Paraíba390.001%
Maranhão350.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul340.001%
Goiás220.000%
Piauí190.001%
Amazonas180.001%

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

About the name Claudiceia

The origin of Claudiceia is uncertain. The beginning recalls Cláudia and Cláudio, and the ending -eia recalls that of Claudinéia, a name that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists among those ending in -néia, an ending it links, with 'perhaps', to Dulcinéia or to the formative Ney. The formation of Claudiceia itself is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,094 people named Claudiceia, with a median age of 44; proportionally, the name is most common in Espírito Santo. It is almost always a female name.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Claudiceia

What does the name Claudiceia mean?

The meaning of Claudiceia 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 Claudiceia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,094 people with the first name Claudiceia, which ranks it number 4,949 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Claudiceia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,086 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Claudiceia most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Claudiceia (174 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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