Meaning of the nameConceição

Female
Latin origin
Con-cei-ção

Conceição is a female name of Latin origin, taken from 'Maria da Conceição', alluding to Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception).

Meaning

“from (Maria da) Conceição, alluding to the Immaculate Conception”

Source: Wiktionary: Conceição

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People (2022): 73,693
Rank in Brazil: #412
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 104,122; people

Conceição in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Conceição, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (19,291 people).

72,496 women 1,197 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 Conceição is most common

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

Piauí 0.087%
Maranhão 0.082%
Minas Gerais 0.076%
Rio de Janeiro 0.040%
Distrito Federal 0.040%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	17,240	0.039%
Minas Gerais	15,540	0.076%
Rio de Janeiro	6,477	0.040%
Maranhão	5,558	0.082%
Bahia	3,392	0.024%
Paraná	3,198	0.028%
Piauí	2,842	0.087%
Ceará	2,668	0.030%
Pará	2,511	0.031%
Goiás	2,331	0.033%
Pernambuco	1,728	0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,296	0.012%
Espírito Santo	1,253	0.033%
Amazonas	1,233	0.031%
Distrito Federal	1,128	0.040%
Mato Grosso	924	0.025%
Santa Catarina	861	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	847	0.031%
Rondônia	454	0.029%
Rio Grande do Norte	453	0.014%
Tocantins	451	0.030%
Paraíba	346	0.009%
Sergipe	285	0.013%
Amapá	241	0.033%
Alagoas	197	0.006%
Acre	124	0.015%
Roraima	115	0.018%

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

About the name Conceição

Wiktionary explains that Conceição comes from (Maria da) Conceição, alluding to Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception). The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), says the name has its origin in Latin. Conceição is also a surname, and Wiktionary gives São as a diminutive. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 73,693 people named Conceição, with a median age of 61. Proportionally, the name is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Conceição · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Conceicao · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Conceição

What does the name Conceição mean?

Conceição means “from (Maria da) Conceição, alluding to the Immaculate Conception”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Conceição in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 73,693 people with the first name Conceição, which ranks it number 412 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Conceição is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 72,496 women and 1,197 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Conceição?

Conceição is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Conceição most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.087% of the state's population is named Conceição (2,842 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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