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Meaning of the nameEdmilsom

Edmilsom is a male name of uncertain origin, recorded as a spelling variant of Edmilson, with the ending -som in place of -son.

Meaning

The meaning of Edmilsom 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)
3,166
Rank in Brazil
#3,747
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
4,951
people

Edmilsom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edmilsom, 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 (986 people).

0 women 3,150 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 Edmilsom is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.003%
  2. Bahia 0.003%
  3. Paraíba 0.003%
  4. Pará 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6270.001%
Bahia4290.003%
Minas Gerais3350.002%
Pernambuco2870.003%
Rio de Janeiro1950.001%
Pará1650.002%
Goiás1430.002%
Ceará1060.001%
Paraíba1000.003%
Maranhão900.001%
Rio Grande do Norte820.003%
Alagoas780.003%
Mato Grosso710.002%
Rio Grande do Sul620.001%
Paraná590.001%
Espírito Santo480.001%
Santa Catarina440.001%
Amazonas440.001%
Piauí350.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul350.001%
Rondônia320.002%
Tocantins300.002%
Distrito Federal270.001%
Sergipe170.001%

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

About the name Edmilsom

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Edmilsom among the spelling variants of Edmilson, and the origin of the name is uncertain. The ending -son, or -som, is a common element in Brazilian names, presented in the dictionary's morpheme list as derived from English -son, 'son of'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,166 people named Edmilsom, with a median age of 48. The name is almost always male, and the 1970s account for more births than the other decades.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edmilson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-SON) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Edmilsom

What does the name Edmilsom mean?

The meaning of Edmilsom 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 Edmilsom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,166 people with the first name Edmilsom, which ranks it number 3,747 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Edmilsom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,150 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Edmilsom most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.003% of the state's population is named Edmilsom (287 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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