Meaning of the nameEdileuza
- Female
- E-di-leu-za
Edileuza is a Brazilian feminine name beginning with Edi-, a formative that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth'.
Meaning
The meaning of Edileuza 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)
- 32,243
- Rank in Brazil
- #776
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 34,733
- people
Edileuza in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edileuza, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (10,457 people).
32,128 women 115 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 Edileuza is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edileuza in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.050%
- Paraíba 0.046%
- Sergipe 0.040%
- Bahia 0.039%
- Alagoas 0.037%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 5,547 | 0.039% |
| São Paulo | 5,166 | 0.012% |
| Pernambuco | 4,540 | 0.050% |
| Paraíba | 1,827 | 0.046% |
| Pará | 1,721 | 0.021% |
| Maranhão | 1,372 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,249 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 1,171 | 0.037% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,126 | 0.034% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,027 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 940 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 931 | 0.013% |
| Sergipe | 885 | 0.040% |
| Paraná | 738 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 558 | 0.015% |
| Piauí | 495 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 457 | 0.017% |
| Espírito Santo | 448 | 0.012% |
| Distrito Federal | 385 | 0.014% |
| Amazonas | 379 | 0.010% |
| Rondônia | 373 | 0.024% |
| Tocantins | 352 | 0.023% |
| Santa Catarina | 139 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 137 | 0.019% |
| Acre | 125 | 0.015% |
| Roraima | 107 | 0.017% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 48 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edileuza
The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Ed-, Edi- and Ede- as formatives from the Anglo-Saxon Germanic ead, 'wealth, goods', present in Brazilian names such as Edilaine, Edileide and Edilene. The origin of the ending -leuza is uncertain, and the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. Edileuza is a name almost always female, most frequent among people born in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 32,243 people named Edileuza, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ed-, Edi-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edileuza
What does the name Edileuza mean?
The meaning of Edileuza 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 Edileuza in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 32,243 people with the first name Edileuza, which ranks it number 776 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Edileuza a boy's or a girl's name?
Edileuza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 32,128 women and 115 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Edileuza most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.050% of the state's population is named Edileuza (4,540 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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