Meaning of the nameJosinete
- Female
- Jo-si-ne-te
Josinete is a modern Brazilian feminine name, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes as Josin- plus the suffix -ete.
Meaning
The meaning of Josinete 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)
- 8,845
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,864
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 9,665
- people
Josinete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Josinete, 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 (2,904 people).
8,773 women 72 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 Josinete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Josinete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.027%
- Alagoas 0.027%
- Paraíba 0.024%
- Pernambuco 0.015%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 1,358 | 0.015% |
| São Paulo | 1,085 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 941 | 0.024% |
| Alagoas | 840 | 0.027% |
| Bahia | 780 | 0.006% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 620 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 600 | 0.027% |
| Maranhão | 518 | 0.008% |
| Pará | 434 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 357 | 0.011% |
| Amazonas | 168 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 136 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 130 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 124 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 119 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 102 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 96 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 76 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 69 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 67 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 47 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 42 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 34 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 32 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 30 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 28 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Josinete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the formation Josin- + -ete and gives Jozinete as a spelling variant. The morpheme list of the same project includes Josinete among the Brazilian names with the element Josi-, of uncertain origin, and with the suffix -ete, a diminutive that comes from French -ette and Latin -eta, also found in Bernadete and Rosete. The name is almost always female and is concentrated among people born from the 1960s to the 1980s, becoming rare after the 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,845 people named Josinete, with a median age of 48. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Josinete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Josinete
What does the name Josinete mean?
The meaning of Josinete 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 Josinete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,845 people with the first name Josinete, which ranks it number 1,864 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Josinete a boy's or a girl's name?
Josinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,773 women and 72 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Josinete most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.027% of the state's population is named Josinete (600 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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