Meaning of the nameJociara
- Female
- Jo-ci-a-ra
Jociara is a Brazilian feminine name with the ending -ara, an element common in feminine names such as Jussara.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,555 people named Jociara, the 6,099th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 35, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.
Meaning
The meaning of Jociara 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)
- 1,555
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,099
- Median age
- 35 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,569
- people
Jociara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jociara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (479 people).
1,547 women 0 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 Jociara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jociara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.003%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 335 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 315 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 173 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 115 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 103 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 74 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 50 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 48 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 40 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 40 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 38 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 35 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 27 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 26 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 21 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 18 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jociara
The origin of Jociara is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the ending -ara as probably taken from traditional names such as Jussara, and notes that this ending is not always of Indigenous origin. The beginning Joci- has no documented origin. IBGE recorded 1,555 people named Jociara in the 2022 Census, with a median age of 35, almost all of them women and most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jociara
What does the name Jociara mean?
The meaning of Jociara 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 Jociara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,555 people with the first name Jociara, which ranks it number 6,099 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Jociara a boy's or a girl's name?
Jociara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,547 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jociara most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Jociara (115 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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