Meaning of the nameJerson
- Male
- Jer-son
Jerson is a male name of uncertain origin, with an initial J and the ending -son, which Wiktionary also records as a name in Spanish and in Cebuano.
Meaning
The meaning of Jerson 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)
- 14,061
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,350
- Median age
- 47 years
- 2010 Census
- 17,667
- people
Jerson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jerson, 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 (3,172 people).
52 women 14,009 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 Jerson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jerson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.011%
- Pará 0.010%
- Rondônia 0.009%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.009%
- Amazonas 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3,041 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 1,484 | 0.011% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,276 | 0.006% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 867 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 813 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 759 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 704 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 602 | 0.007% |
| Santa Catarina | 516 | 0.007% |
| Maranhão | 506 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 488 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 365 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 322 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 290 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 247 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 240 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 222 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 220 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 200 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 184 | 0.007% |
| Paraíba | 177 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 148 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 106 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 91 | 0.006% |
| Amapá | 71 | 0.010% |
| Acre | 61 | 0.007% |
| Roraima | 61 | 0.010% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jerson
The origin of Jerson is uncertain. Wiktionary records it as a male name in Spanish and in Cebuano. In the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Ger-/Jer- is an element of Brazilian names, of Germanic origin gari-/geri-, 'spear', spelled with J because G and J sound the same before E, and -son is an English patronymic formative, 'son of'; the meaning of Jerson as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,061 people named Jerson, with a median age of 47, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Jerson · en.wiktionary.org · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ger-, Jer-; -son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jerson
What does the name Jerson mean?
The meaning of Jerson 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 Jerson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,061 people with the first name Jerson, which ranks it number 1,350 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Jerson a boy's or a girl's name?
Jerson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 52 women and 14,009 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Jerson most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Jerson (1,484 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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