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Meaning of the nameEmersom

Emersom is a Brazilian spelling of Emerson, a masculine name of English origin meaning 'son of Emery'.

Meaning

“son of Emery”

Source: Wiktionary: Emerson · Behind the Name: Emerson

People (2022)
7,629
Rank in Brazil
#2,038
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
12,076
people

Emersom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emersom, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,943 people).

33 women 7,596 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 Emersom is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.005%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
  4. Paraná 0.005%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,8090.004%
Minas Gerais9200.005%
Rio Grande do Sul6900.006%
Paraná5670.005%
Bahia5120.004%
Santa Catarina3650.005%
Rio de Janeiro3600.002%
Pernambuco3440.004%
Pará3430.004%
Goiás2880.004%
Mato Grosso1860.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1400.005%
Espírito Santo1360.004%
Maranhão1310.002%
Paraíba1170.003%
Amazonas1040.003%
Ceará980.001%
Rondônia910.006%
Alagoas900.003%
Rio Grande do Norte800.002%
Piauí550.002%
Distrito Federal540.002%
Tocantins460.003%
Sergipe380.002%
Acre300.004%
Amapá180.003%
Roraima170.003%

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

About the name Emersom

Emerson is an English surname that became a given name. Wiktionary explains it as Emery plus the suffix -son, 'son', and Behind the Name defines it as 'son of Emery', also used in Brazil. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Emersom among the spellings of Emerson, and its Morfemário includes Emerson among the borrowings from English with the formative -son. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,629 people named Emersom, with a median age of 33. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Emerson · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Emerson · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Emerson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Emersom

What does the name Emersom mean?

Emersom means “son of Emery”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Emersom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,629 people with the first name Emersom, which ranks it number 2,038 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Emersom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 33 women and 7,596 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Emersom?

Emersom is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Emersom most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Emersom (690 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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