Meaning of the nameCleison
- Male
- Clei-son
Cleison is a Brazilian male name ending in -son, an English formative meaning 'son of'; Cleisson and Cleyson are spellings of the same name.
Meaning
The meaning of Cleison 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)
- 13,024
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,413
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,725
- people
Cleison in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleison, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (5,154 people).
63 women 12,961 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 Cleison is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleison in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,434 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,341 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 1,319 | 0.016% |
| Bahia | 1,095 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 835 | 0.012% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 648 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 632 | 0.007% |
| Paraná | 615 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 607 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 505 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 476 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 464 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 442 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 350 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 271 | 0.010% |
| Piauí | 254 | 0.008% |
| Espírito Santo | 222 | 0.006% |
| Rondônia | 211 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 191 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 184 | 0.022% |
| Distrito Federal | 181 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 173 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 152 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 126 | 0.017% |
| Tocantins | 125 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 88 | 0.004% |
| Roraima | 83 | 0.013% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cleison
The origin of the beginning of the name is uncertain; the ending -son is described in the morpheme list 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 Adeison and Aleison. The same morpheme list notes that the S of this formative sounds like [s], not [z], even between vowels. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,024 people named Cleison, with a median age of 27, almost always male. The name has the most records among people born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Acre.
Spelling with a single S, the most common in the group.
Other spellings of Cleison
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Cleison
What does the name Cleison mean?
The meaning of Cleison 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 Cleison in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,024 people with the first name Cleison, which ranks it number 1,413 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Cleison a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 63 women and 12,961 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Cleison most common?
Proportionally, in Acre: 0.022% of the state's population is named Cleison (184 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Cleison?
Cleisson and Cleyson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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