Meaning of the nameDirceu
- Male
- Dir-ceu
Dirceu is a male name of uncertain origin, recorded by Wiktionary in Portuguese with the old spelling Dirceo.
Meaning
The meaning of Dirceu 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)
- 34,596
- Rank in Brazil
- #741
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 42,552
- people
Dirceu in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Dirceu, 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 (9,410 people).
86 women 34,510 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 Dirceu is most common
States with the highest share of people named Dirceu in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.067%
- Santa Catarina 0.045%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.043%
- São Paulo 0.023%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.023%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 10,304 | 0.023% |
| Paraná | 7,640 | 0.067% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 4,680 | 0.043% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,451 | 0.045% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,302 | 0.016% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,022 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 735 | 0.020% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 638 | 0.023% |
| Espírito Santo | 436 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 378 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 341 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 340 | 0.022% |
| Pará | 246 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 163 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 143 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 138 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 114 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 110 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 83 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 65 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 49 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 44 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 35 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 30 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 30 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 17 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Dirceu
Wiktionary records Dirceu as a male name in Portuguese, with the obsolete spelling Dirceo and the syllable division Dir-ceu. The origin of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 34,596 people named Dirceu, with a median age of 55; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná. It is almost always male, and most people with this name were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Dirceu · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Dirceu
What does the name Dirceu mean?
The meaning of Dirceu 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 Dirceu in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 34,596 people with the first name Dirceu, which ranks it number 741 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Dirceu a boy's or a girl's name?
Dirceu is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 86 women and 34,510 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Dirceu most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.067% of the state's population is named Dirceu (7,640 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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