Meaning of the nameJefersom
- Male
- Je-fer-som
Jefersom is a Brazilian male name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as a spelling variant of Jeferson, with a final -som.
Meaning
The meaning of Jefersom 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)
- 3,757
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,338
- Median age
- 29 years
- 2010 Census
- 8,117
- people
Jefersom in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jefersom, 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 (1,525 people).
0 women 3,738 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 Jefersom is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jefersom in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
- Goiás 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
- Pará 0.003%
- Paraná 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 717 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 482 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 409 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 280 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 245 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 236 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 212 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 200 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 197 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 117 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 91 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 70 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 65 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 59 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 57 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 54 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 51 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 41 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 40 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 32 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 27 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 23 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jefersom
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jefersom among the spelling variants of Jeferson. Behind the Name gives Jefferson as an English surname, "son of Jeffrey," and records Jéferson as a Brazilian variant. Jeffrey is a medieval variant of Geoffrey, a name whose first element has an uncertain origin, so the meaning of the whole is not established. The origin of the spelling with -m is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,757 people named Jefersom, with a median age of 29. The peak was among those born in the 1990s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jeferson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Jefferson · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Jeffrey · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Geoffrey · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Jefersom
What does the name Jefersom mean?
The meaning of Jefersom 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 Jefersom in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,757 people with the first name Jefersom, which ranks it number 3,338 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Jefersom a boy's or a girl's name?
Jefersom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,738 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jefersom most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jefersom (482 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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