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Meaning of the nameCleumar

Cleumar is a Brazilian name used for both men and women, ending in -mar, whose origin is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,474 people named Cleumar, the 6,348th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Cleumar 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)
1,474
Rank in Brazil
#6,348
Median age
45 years
2010 Census
1,519
people

Cleumar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleumar, 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 (466 people).

421 women 1,053 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 Cleumar is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Goiás 0.002%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Goiás1690.002%
Minas Gerais1420.001%
Amazonas1380.004%
Paraná1130.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1130.001%
Santa Catarina1060.001%
São Paulo1030.000%
Pará900.001%
Maranhão900.001%
Rio de Janeiro500.000%
Ceará470.001%
Mato Grosso460.001%
Bahia450.000%
Distrito Federal430.002%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Rondônia270.002%
Tocantins270.002%
Acre260.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%
Piauí180.001%

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

About the name Cleumar

The origin of the name Cleumar is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -mar as a name element with three possible origins: the Germanic -mar ("glory, fame"), a fragment of Maria, or the Portuguese noun "mar", 'sea'; the beginning Cleu- has no documented derivation. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,474 people named Cleumar, with a median age of 45; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas. The name is used by both sexes, more by men, and most of the people were born between 1960 and 1989.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cleumar

What does the name Cleumar mean?

The meaning of Cleumar 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 Cleumar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,474 people with the first name Cleumar, which ranks it number 6,348 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Cleumar is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 421 women and 1,053 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Cleumar most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Cleumar (138 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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