Meaning of the nameHenzo

Henzo is a spelling of the name Enzo.

Meaning

The meaning of Henzo 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): 14,762
Rank in Brazil: #1,302
Median age: 6 years
2010 Census: 1,902; people

Henzo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Henzo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (9,801 people).

137 women 14,625 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 Henzo is most common

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

Amapá 0.014%
Mato Grosso 0.013%
Espírito Santo 0.012%
Tocantins 0.011%
Sergipe 0.010%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,183	0.007%
Minas Gerais	1,400	0.007%
Bahia	1,224	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	1,075	0.007%
Paraná	924	0.008%
Pará	746	0.009%
Rio Grande do Sul	645	0.006%
Goiás	595	0.008%
Maranhão	581	0.009%
Santa Catarina	528	0.007%
Mato Grosso	491	0.013%
Espírito Santo	476	0.012%
Ceará	384	0.004%
Pernambuco	353	0.004%
Piauí	298	0.009%
Paraíba	237	0.006%
Sergipe	224	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	221	0.008%
Amazonas	210	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	185	0.006%
Tocantins	158	0.011%
Rondônia	152	0.010%
Distrito Federal	149	0.005%
Amapá	102	0.014%
Alagoas	88	0.003%
Acre	71	0.009%
Roraima	62	0.010%

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

The spelling Henzo

It adds an initial H to the name, which is not pronounced; the origin of this spelling is uncertain. Proportionally, Henzo is most common in Amapá.

About the name Enzo

Wiktionary records Enzo, in Portuguese, as a borrowing from Italian; in the Italian entry, the name comes from the German Heinz, a diminutive of Heinrich, and also serves as an affectionate form of Vincenzo, Lorenzo and other names. Behind the Name, which lists it as an Italian and French name, says the meaning is uncertain: it may be an old Italian form of Heinz or a variant of the Germanic name Anzo, and today it also works as a short form of names ending in -enzo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 404,088 people named Enzo, with a median age of 6. The name is almost always male, most of the people recorded were born in the 2010s and, proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Other spellings of Enzo

Spelling	People (2022)
Enzo	404,088
Henzo	14,762

Sources

Wiktionary: Enzo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Enzo · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Henzo

What does the name Henzo mean?

The meaning of Henzo 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 Henzo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,762 people with the first name Henzo, which ranks it number 1,302 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Henzo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 137 women and 14,625 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Henzo?

Henzo is a name of Italian and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Henzo most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.014% of the state's population is named Henzo (102 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Henzo?

Enzo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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