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Meaning of the nameJarlan

Jarlan is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -lan, recorded mostly among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,073 people named Jarlan, the 7,880th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 26, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Meaning

The meaning of Jarlan 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)
1,073
Rank in Brazil
#7,880
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
1,116
people

Jarlan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jarlan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (368 people).

0 women 1,055 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 Jarlan is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.004%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2570.002%
Alagoas1080.004%
Pará870.001%
Maranhão720.001%
São Paulo640.000%
Pernambuco630.001%
Ceará610.001%
Piauí610.002%
Minas Gerais460.000%
Goiás380.001%
Rio Grande do Norte300.001%
Paraíba270.001%
Rio de Janeiro200.000%
Amazonas180.001%
Acre180.002%
Tocantins170.001%

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

About the name Jarlan

The origin of the name Jarlan is uncertain. According to the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, the ending -lan has an obscure origin, and the dictionary links it perhaps to a fragment of Alan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,073 people named Jarlan, with a median age of 26. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário (-lan) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Jarlan

What does the name Jarlan mean?

The meaning of Jarlan 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 Jarlan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,073 people with the first name Jarlan, which ranks it number 7,880 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jarlan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,055 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Jarlan most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jarlan (108 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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