Meaning of the nameIonete
- Female
- I-o-ne-te
Ionete is a female name ending in -ete, of uncertain origin, recorded in the 2022 Census as the first name of 1,368 people.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,368 people named Ionete, the 6,686th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 51, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Ionete 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)
- 1,368
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,686
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,659
- people
Ionete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ionete, 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 (382 people).
1,355 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 Ionete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ionete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 192 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 157 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 152 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 123 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 72 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 71 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 67 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 59 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 59 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 44 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 39 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 38 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 35 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 32 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 32 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 30 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 29 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 25 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 22 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 19 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ionete
The origin of Ionete as a given name is uncertain. It ends in -ete, which the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains as coming from the French -ette, and this from the Latin -eta, a diminutive affix. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,368 people named Ionete, with a median age of 51, almost always female; the 1960s and 1970s are the most frequent birth decades. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Ionete
What does the name Ionete mean?
The meaning of Ionete 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 Ionete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,368 people with the first name Ionete, which ranks it number 6,686 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Ionete a boy's or a girl's name?
Ionete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,355 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Ionete most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ionete (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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