Meaning of the nameCledison
- Male
- Cle-di-son
Cledison is a Brazilian male name ending in -son, an English patronymic formative; the meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,162 people named Cledison, the 4,852nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 35, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Cledison 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)
- 2,162
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,852
- Median age
- 35 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,769
- people
Cledison in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cledison, 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 (771 people).
0 women 2,150 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 Cledison is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cledison in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.004%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 308 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 246 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 240 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 170 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 128 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 127 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 88 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 86 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 83 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 69 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 63 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 60 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 52 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 47 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 46 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 46 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 40 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 33 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 33 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 30 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 28 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 26 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 23 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 22 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 17 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cledison
The ending -son is described by the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as an English patronymic formative, "son of", found in Brazilian names such as Clebson and Ivison. The dictionary analyzes the close name Cledson as Cled- + -son, with Cled- a probable variant of Cléber, but does not document the formation of Cledison, and the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,162 people named Cledison, with a median age of 35. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará. The records are almost always male, and most were born in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cledson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Cledison
What does the name Cledison mean?
The meaning of Cledison 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 Cledison in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,162 people with the first name Cledison, which ranks it number 4,852 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Cledison a boy's or a girl's name?
Cledison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,150 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Cledison most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Cledison (308 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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