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Meaning of the nameJucineia

Jucineia is a modern-formed Brazilian feminine name ending in -neia, proportionally most common in Mato Grosso.

Meaning

The meaning of Jucineia 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)
3,484
Rank in Brazil
#3,511
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
3,765
people

Jucineia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jucineia, 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 (1,255 people).

3,472 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 Jucineia is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso 0.007%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  3. Bahia 0.005%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  5. Amazonas 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia6400.005%
São Paulo4140.001%
Santa Catarina3730.005%
Minas Gerais3260.002%
Paraná2750.002%
Mato Grosso2670.007%
Rio de Janeiro2430.002%
Espírito Santo1690.004%
Pará1250.002%
Amazonas1250.003%
Rio Grande do Sul850.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul640.002%
Maranhão630.001%
Rondônia610.004%
Pernambuco540.001%
Goiás470.001%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Alagoas230.001%
Acre190.002%
Piauí170.001%

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

About the name Jucineia

The origin of Jucineia is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the beginning Juci- as of uncertain origin, with Juçara as the oldest dictionary-listed given name with that beginning, and the ending -néia as perhaps taken from names such as Dulcinéia, or perhaps a feminine variant linked to the formative Ney; among the names with this ending it cites Lucinéia and Claudinéia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,484 people named Jucineia, with a median age of 41; the records are almost always female, and most were born between 1960 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Jucineia

What does the name Jucineia mean?

The meaning of Jucineia 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 Jucineia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,484 people with the first name Jucineia, which ranks it number 3,511 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Jucineia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,472 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Jucineia most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.007% of the state's population is named Jucineia (267 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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