Meaning of the nameKarita
- Female
- Ka-ri-ta
Karita is a female name, a K spelling of Carita or Cárita, of uncertain origin in Brazil.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,422 people named Karita, the 4,509th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 29, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.
Meaning
The meaning of Karita 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)
- 2,422
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,509
- Median age
- 29 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,520
- people
Karita in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Karita, 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 (866 people).
2,411 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 Karita is most common
States with the highest share of people named Karita in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.017%
- Tocantins 0.008%
- Mato Grosso 0.004%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Goiás | 1,200 | 0.017% |
| Minas Gerais | 262 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 145 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 136 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 113 | 0.008% |
| Pará | 89 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 58 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 55 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 45 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 34 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 33 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 24 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 24 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 24 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 23 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 22 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 19 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Karita
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Karita as a spelling variant of Carita or Cárita, which have more records. According to Machado (1981), cited there, Cárita comes from the Latin Charita, and Carita is a surname and a diminutive of the noun 'cara' (Portuguese for 'face'). These explanations do not give a meaning for the name, which is therefore left without a recorded meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,422 people named Karita and 1,120 named Carita, almost always women; both are proportionally most common in Goiás, and Karita has the most records among those born in the 1980s and 1990s.
The spelling with K and the most common in the group; the K replaces the C of the form Carita.
Other spellings of Karita
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Karita | 2,422 |
| Carita | 1,120 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Karita
What does the name Karita mean?
The meaning of Karita 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 Karita in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,422 people with the first name Karita, which ranks it number 4,509 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Karita a boy's or a girl's name?
Karita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,411 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Karita most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.017% of the state's population is named Karita (1,200 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Karita?
Carita. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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