Meaning of the nameInácia
- Female
- I-ná-ci-a
Inácia is a traditional female name, the feminine form of Inácio, a Latin name of uncertain origin, and most frequent among people born before the 1970s.
Meaning
The meaning of Inácia 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)
- 12,207
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,491
- Median age
- 63 years
- 2010 Census
- 16,348
- people
Inácia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Inácia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,890 people).
12,126 women 81 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 Inácia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Inácia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.046%
- Pernambuco 0.024%
- Piauí 0.022%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.016%
- Ceará 0.010%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 2,133 | 0.024% |
| Paraíba | 1,824 | 0.046% |
| São Paulo | 1,396 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 895 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 766 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 722 | 0.022% |
| Minas Gerais | 634 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 540 | 0.016% |
| Maranhão | 524 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 398 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 372 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 253 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 249 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 244 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 215 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 178 | 0.007% |
| Paraná | 160 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 153 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 151 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 107 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 89 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 82 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 44 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 39 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 18 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Inácia
The origin of Inácia is not known for certain. The name is the feminine form of Inácio, which Wiktionary gives as a learned borrowing from Latin Ignātius; for that Latin name, Wiktionary and Behind the Name point to an uncertain origin, perhaps Etruscan, and explain the resemblance to ignis, 'fire', as a later alteration of the spelling. The name is almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,207 people named Inácia, with a median age of 63; proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Inácio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Ignatius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Ignatius · behindthename.com · origin
- Wikcionário: Inácia · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Inácia
What does the name Inácia mean?
The meaning of Inácia 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 Inácia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,207 people with the first name Inácia, which ranks it number 1,491 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Inácia a boy's or a girl's name?
Inácia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,126 women and 81 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Inácia most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.046% of the state's population is named Inácia (1,824 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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