Meaning of the nameDurval

Durval is a masculine name that Machado (1981), cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, considers an alteration of Dorval, coming through French.

Meaning

The meaning of Durval 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): 11,891
Rank in Brazil: #1,517
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 17,315; people

Durval in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Durval, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,716 people).

25 women 11,866 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 Durval is most common

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

Bahia 0.011%
Alagoas 0.008%
São Paulo 0.008%
Espírito Santo 0.008%
Goiás 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,668	0.008%
Bahia	1,544	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,244	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	928	0.006%
Paraná	594	0.005%
Goiás	531	0.008%
Pernambuco	408	0.005%
Pará	387	0.005%
Espírito Santo	312	0.008%
Maranhão	271	0.004%
Alagoas	264	0.008%
Mato Grosso	210	0.006%
Piauí	188	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	179	0.007%
Distrito Federal	163	0.006%
Paraíba	143	0.004%
Santa Catarina	140	0.002%
Ceará	129	0.002%
Sergipe	128	0.006%
Tocantins	103	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	91	0.003%
Rondônia	72	0.005%
Amazonas	56	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	50	0.001%
Amapá	44	0.006%
Acre	26	0.003%
Roraima	18	0.003%

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

About the name Durval

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Machado (1981) believes that Durval is an alteration of Dorval, coming through French; Wiktionary records Dorval as a French surname. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. The Morfemário of the same dictionary cites Durval and Lourival as names from which the ending -val may have been taken, present in Brazilian names such as Edival and Josival. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,891 people named Durval, with a median age of 62; proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Durval · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Dorval · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Durval

What does the name Durval mean?

The meaning of Durval 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 Durval in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,891 people with the first name Durval, which ranks it number 1,517 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Durval is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 11,866 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Durval?

Durval is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Durval most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Durval (1,544 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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