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Meaning of the nameDomiciano

Domiciano is a male name of Latin origin, related to the Roman family name Domitius.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,047 people named Domiciano, the 8,031st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 58, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Domiciano 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)
1,047
Rank in Brazil
#8,031
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
1,403
people

Domiciano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Domiciano, 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 (224 people).

0 women 1,044 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 Domiciano is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1730.000%
Minas Gerais1720.001%
Bahia1310.001%
Paraíba500.001%
Goiás470.001%
Maranhão450.001%
Piauí450.001%
Rio de Janeiro420.000%
Pará400.001%
Ceará390.000%
Rio Grande do Norte360.001%
Pernambuco320.000%
Alagoas290.001%
Paraná250.000%
Distrito Federal240.001%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Tocantins190.001%
Rio Grande do Sul180.000%

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

About the name Domiciano

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Domiciano as a Galician variant of Domicio, which according to Machado (1981) comes from the Latin Domitius. Wiktionary describes Domitius as a Roman family name, possibly formed from domitus ("tamed"), and Domitianus as derived from it. The meaning of Domiciano itself is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,047 people named Domiciano, with a median age of 58. Almost all are men, and most were born before 1970. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Domicio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Domitius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Domitianus · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Domiciano

What does the name Domiciano mean?

The meaning of Domiciano 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 Domiciano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,047 people with the first name Domiciano, which ranks it number 8,031 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Domiciano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,044 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Domiciano?

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

In which Brazilian state is Domiciano most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Domiciano (131 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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