Meaning of the nameEvanildo
- Male
- E-va-nil-do
Evanildo is a male Brazilian name formed from Eva- and -nildo, whose meaning as a whole is not documented.
Meaning
The meaning of Evanildo 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)
- 11,584
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,538
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 12,741
- people
Evanildo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Evanildo, 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 (3,557 people).
44 women 11,540 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 Evanildo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Evanildo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.018%
- Ceará 0.010%
- Espírito Santo 0.009%
- Rondônia 0.009%
- Mato Grosso 0.009%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 2,532 | 0.018% |
| São Paulo | 1,745 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 893 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 884 | 0.010% |
| Minas Gerais | 628 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 622 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 526 | 0.006% |
| Espírito Santo | 362 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 331 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 322 | 0.009% |
| Paraná | 314 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 247 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 247 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 237 | 0.006% |
| Santa Catarina | 229 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 221 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 214 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 168 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 141 | 0.009% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 137 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 131 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 128 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 127 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 71 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 48 | 0.007% |
| Tocantins | 44 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 35 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Evanildo
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Evanildo as Eva- plus -nildo. The work's morpheme list includes Evanildo among the Brazilian names with the formative -ildo/-nildo, of Germanic origin, from hild, 'battle'; the origin of Eva- in the name is uncertain, and for that reason the meaning of the whole is too. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,584 people named Evanildo, most of them born in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Evanildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ildo, -nildo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Evanildo (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Evanildo
What does the name Evanildo mean?
The meaning of Evanildo 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 Evanildo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,584 people with the first name Evanildo, which ranks it number 1,538 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Evanildo a boy's or a girl's name?
Evanildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 44 women and 11,540 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Evanildo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.018% of the state's population is named Evanildo (2,532 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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