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Meaning of the nameDonizete

Donizete is a male name taken from the Italian Donizetti, a surname, and its meaning is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Donizete 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)
32,093
Rank in Brazil
#778
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
38,833
people

Donizete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Donizete, 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 (10,169 people).

1,360 women 30,733 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 Donizete is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.033%
  2. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.031%
  3. São Paulo 0.031%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.029%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.028%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo13,7730.031%
Minas Gerais5,8630.029%
Paraná2,9280.026%
Goiás2,3380.033%
Mato Grosso1,0380.028%
Bahia8760.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul8600.031%
Santa Catarina7420.010%
Pará4270.005%
Maranhão3410.005%
Rondônia3220.020%
Tocantins2780.018%
Distrito Federal2770.010%
Pernambuco2580.003%
Ceará2300.003%
Rio de Janeiro2270.001%
Piauí2250.007%
Amazonas2110.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1990.002%
Alagoas1830.006%
Espírito Santo1300.003%
Acre1170.014%
Paraíba770.002%
Sergipe560.003%
Roraima500.008%
Rio Grande do Norte430.001%
Amapá240.003%

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

About the name Donizete

Wiktionary records Donizete as a male name borrowed from the Italian Donizetti, which in Italian is a surname; no etymology is recorded for that surname, and the meaning is not known for certain. Donizete is written with a single T and ends in -e, where Italian has TT and -i. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 32,093 people named Donizete, with a median age of 54. Most were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and the name is almost always male; proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Donizete · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Donizetti · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Donizete

What does the name Donizete mean?

The meaning of Donizete 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 Donizete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 32,093 people with the first name Donizete, which ranks it number 778 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Donizete is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,360 women and 30,733 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Donizete?

Donizete is a name of Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Donizete most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.033% of the state's population is named Donizete (2,338 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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