Meaning of the nameIure
- Male
- Iu-re
Iure is a male name of uncertain origin, spelled almost like Iuri; the spelling with Y, Yure, is the most common in the group.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,546 people named Iure, the 2,561st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 16, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Iure 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)
- 5,546
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,561
- Median age
- 16 years
- 2010 Census
- 7,235
- people
Iure in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Iure, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,735 people).
75 women 5,471 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 Iure is most common
States with the highest share of people named Iure in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.011%
- Sergipe 0.005%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
- Goiás 0.004%
- Piauí 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 1,593 | 0.011% |
| Minas Gerais | 509 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 328 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 295 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 294 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 287 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 279 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 252 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 226 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 203 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 144 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 135 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 127 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 120 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 100 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 93 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 80 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 79 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 74 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 69 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 66 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 42 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 18 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 18 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 16 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Iure
The origin of Iure and Yure is not known for certain. Both spellings are written almost like Iuri and Yuri, which Behind the Name gives as Portuguese forms of the Russian Yuriy, a name from the same family as Jorge, but it is not known for certain whether Iure and Yure come from them. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,553 people named Yure, with a median age of 12. Proportionally, both spellings are most common in Bahia, and the name is almost always male.
It begins with I, like Iuri.
Other spellings of Iure
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Yure | 13,553 |
| Iure | 5,546 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Iuri · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yuri · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Iure
What does the name Iure mean?
The meaning of Iure 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 Iure in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,546 people with the first name Iure, which ranks it number 2,561 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Iure a boy's or a girl's name?
Iure is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 75 women and 5,471 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Iure most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Iure (1,593 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Iure?
Yure. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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