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Meaning of the nameKassia

Kassia is a spelling of the name Cássia.

Meaning

The meaning of Kassia 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)
11,064
Rank in Brazil
#1,589
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
9,624
people

Kassia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kassia, 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 (4,149 people).

11,018 women 46 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 Kassia is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.015%
  2. Tocantins 0.014%
  3. Goiás 0.014%
  4. Maranhão 0.012%
  5. Amazonas 0.010%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,1940.003%
Minas Gerais1,0640.005%
Goiás9540.014%
Pernambuco9040.010%
Maranhão8320.012%
Pará8160.010%
Rio de Janeiro5850.004%
Paraná4910.004%
Ceará4160.005%
Amazonas4040.010%
Rio Grande do Sul3700.003%
Bahia3570.003%
Mato Grosso3530.010%
Piauí3050.009%
Santa Catarina2720.004%
Espírito Santo2530.007%
Distrito Federal2490.009%
Tocantins2140.014%
Paraíba1830.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1580.006%
Alagoas1530.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1300.004%
Rondônia1210.008%
Amapá1070.015%
Acre770.009%
Roraima550.009%
Sergipe470.002%

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

The spelling Kassia

It replaces the initial C with K; Behind the Name lists Kassia as the English form of Cassia. It is a more recent spelling than Cássia, peaking among people born in the 1990s.

About the name Cássia

Behind the Name gives Cássia as the Portuguese form of Cassia, the feminine of Cassius, a Roman family name that perhaps comes from Latin cassus, 'empty, vain'; the page treats this origin as uncertain, while Wiktionary links Cassius to cassus without reservation. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil presents Cássia as a variant of Cácia, which, according to Machado (1981), comes from Latin Catia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 64,000 people named Cássia, with a median age of 36. Proportionally, the name is most common in Minas Gerais.

Other spellings of Cássia

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cássia64,000
Kassia11,064
Casia2,300

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Cassia · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Cassius · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Cassius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cássia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Cássia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Kassia

What does the name Kassia mean?

The meaning of Kassia 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 Kassia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,064 people with the first name Kassia, which ranks it number 1,589 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Kassia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,018 women and 46 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kassia?

Kassia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kassia most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.015% of the state's population is named Kassia (107 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kassia?

Cássia and Casia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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