Meaning of the nameClécio
- Male
- Clé-ci-o
Clécio is a Brazilian male name whose origin is uncertain; Machado's dictionary associates it, with doubt, with the name Cleto.
Meaning
The meaning of Clécio 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)
- 9,835
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,738
- Median age
- 39 years
- 2010 Census
- 10,962
- people
Clécio in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Clécio, 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 (3,249 people).
50 women 9,785 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 Clécio is most common
States with the highest share of people named Clécio in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.016%
- Pernambuco 0.015%
- Bahia 0.010%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.010%
- Alagoas 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,466 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 1,432 | 0.010% |
| Pernambuco | 1,381 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 662 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 658 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 430 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 424 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 360 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 313 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 297 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 275 | 0.007% |
| Paraná | 268 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 268 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 264 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 246 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 244 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 229 | 0.007% |
| Distrito Federal | 180 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 87 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 74 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 61 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 48 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 44 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 42 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 38 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 28 | 0.004% |
| Roraima | 16 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Clécio
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Clécio citing Machado (1981), who points, with a question mark, to a possible relation with Cleto; for Cleto, the same dictionary records, according to Machado, French Clet, a shortened form of Anaclet. Klecio appears as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,835 people named Clécio, with a median age of 39. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clécio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Clécio
What does the name Clécio mean?
The meaning of Clécio 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 Clécio in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,835 people with the first name Clécio, which ranks it number 1,738 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Clécio a boy's or a girl's name?
Clécio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 50 women and 9,785 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Clécio most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.016% of the state's population is named Clécio (360 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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