Meaning of the nameInajara
- Female
- I-na-ja-ra
Inajara is a female name of uncertain origin, recorded in the 2022 Census mainly among people born in the 1970s and 1980s and proportionally most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,821 people named Inajara, the 5,463rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Inajara 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)
- 1,821
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,463
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,906
- people
Inajara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Inajara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (691 people).
1,811 women 0 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 Inajara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Inajara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
- Santa Catarina 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,078 | 0.010% |
| São Paulo | 217 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 100 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 100 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 73 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 45 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 33 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 32 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 17 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Inajara
The origin of the name Inajara is uncertain. It ends in -ara, an ending of many Brazilian female names that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a probable clipping of names such as Jussara. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,821 people named Inajara, with a median age of 40, almost always women and mostly born between 1970 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ARA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Inajara
What does the name Inajara mean?
The meaning of Inajara 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 Inajara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,821 people with the first name Inajara, which ranks it number 5,463 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Inajara a boy's or a girl's name?
Inajara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,811 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Inajara most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.010% of the state's population is named Inajara (1,078 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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