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Meaning of the nameEmivaldo

Emivaldo is a Brazilian male name ending in -valdo, an element of Germanic origin, and its full formation is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,297 people named Emivaldo, the 6,947th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 49, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

Meaning

The meaning of Emivaldo is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,297
Rank in Brazil
#6,947
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
1,432
people

Emivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Emivaldo, 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 (433 people).

0 women 1,294 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 Emivaldo is most common

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

  1. Tocantins 0.018%
  2. Goiás 0.006%
  3. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Goiás4340.006%
Tocantins2730.018%
Pará1530.002%
Bahia800.001%
Maranhão780.001%
Mato Grosso670.002%
Distrito Federal500.002%
São Paulo420.000%
Minas Gerais290.000%
Piauí170.001%

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

About the name Emivaldo

The origin of the name Emivaldo as a whole is uncertain. Its ending, -valdo, appears in many male names and, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), comes from Germanic with varying senses depending on the element: 'the one who rules', 'strong', 'bold' or 'old'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,297 people named Emivaldo, with a median age of 49; most were born between 1950 and 1979. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-valdo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Emivaldo

What does the name Emivaldo mean?

The meaning of Emivaldo is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Emivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,297 people with the first name Emivaldo, which ranks it number 6,947 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Emivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,294 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Emivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.018% of the state's population is named Emivaldo (273 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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