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Meaning of the nameJefesson

Jefesson is a spelling of the name Jefeson.

Meaning

The meaning of Jefesson 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)
3,278
Rank in Brazil
#3,653
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
2,914
people

Jefesson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jefesson, 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 (1,324 people).

30 women 3,248 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 Jefesson is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.004%
  2. Pernambuco 0.004%
  3. Piauí 0.004%
  4. Maranhão 0.004%
  5. Alagoas 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia4530.003%
Pernambuco3630.004%
Pará2790.003%
Ceará2630.003%
São Paulo2490.001%
Maranhão2370.004%
Minas Gerais1920.001%
Amazonas1670.004%
Paraíba1210.003%
Piauí1190.004%
Alagoas1110.004%
Rio de Janeiro1000.001%
Rio Grande do Norte1000.003%
Sergipe850.004%
Goiás590.001%
Paraná510.000%
Espírito Santo480.001%
Mato Grosso380.001%
Acre350.004%
Amapá330.005%
Santa Catarina320.000%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Tocantins270.002%
Roraima240.004%
Rio Grande do Sul220.000%
Rondônia220.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%

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

The spelling Jefesson

It keeps a single F and doubles the S.

About the name Jefeson

The origin of the spellings Jefeson, Jefesson and Jeffeson is uncertain. They differ from Jeferson and Jefferson by lacking the R before the S. Behind the Name describes Jefferson as coming from the English surname meaning 'son of Jeffrey', and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Jefferson among the names with the English ending -son, 'son of'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,346 people named Jefeson, with a median age of 27. The three spellings are almost always male and, proportionally, Jefeson is most common in Amazonas.

Other spellings of Jefeson

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jefeson5,346
Jefesson3,278
Jeffeson2,548

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jefferson · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jeferson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jefesson

What does the name Jefesson mean?

The meaning of Jefesson 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 Jefesson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,278 people with the first name Jefesson, which ranks it number 3,653 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jefesson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 30 women and 3,248 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Jefesson most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Jefesson (167 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jefesson?

Jefeson and Jeffeson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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