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Meaning of the nameKassio

Kassio is a spelling of the name Cássio, which means “from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”.

Meaning

“from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”

Meaning of the name Cássio, of which Kassio is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Cassius · Behind the Name: Cassius

People (2022)
5,126
Rank in Brazil
#2,695
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
3,984
people

Kassio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kassio, 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 (1,610 people).

33 women 5,093 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 Kassio is most common

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

  1. Tocantins 0.011%
  2. Piauí 0.009%
  3. Maranhão 0.007%
  4. Goiás 0.007%
  5. Pará 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará5160.006%
Maranhão4890.007%
Goiás4610.007%
Minas Gerais4590.002%
Pernambuco3240.004%
São Paulo3100.001%
Piauí2920.009%
Bahia2520.002%
Rio de Janeiro1930.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1900.002%
Ceará1780.002%
Tocantins1730.011%
Amazonas1700.004%
Mato Grosso1460.004%
Paraná1350.001%
Espírito Santo1350.004%
Distrito Federal1080.004%
Santa Catarina1070.001%
Rio Grande do Norte870.003%
Paraíba810.002%
Amapá780.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul560.002%
Alagoas460.002%
Rondônia440.003%
Acre360.004%
Sergipe320.001%
Roraima280.004%

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

The spelling Kassio

With K in place of C; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Cássio, and it is proportionally most common in Tocantins.

About the name Cássio

Behind the Name lists Cássio as the Portuguese form of Cassius, and Wiktionary gives Cássio as the equivalent of that name. Cassius was the name of the gens Cassia, a family of ancient Rome, and Wiktionary derives it from cassus, 'empty, hollow, useless', with the suffix -ius; Behind the Name presents this link as possible. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 52,975 people named Cássio, with a median age of 32; the peak was among those born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Kassio as a spelling variant.

Other spellings of Cássio

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cássio52,975
Kassio5,126
Casio2,749

Sources

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

Questions about the name Kassio

What does the name Kassio mean?

Kassio means “from the Roman gens Cassia, linked to the Latin cassus, 'empty, hollow'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Cássio, of which Kassio is a spelling.

How many people are named Kassio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,126 people with the first name Kassio, which ranks it number 2,695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Kassio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 33 women and 5,093 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kassio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kassio most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.011% of the state's population is named Kassio (173 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kassio?

Cássio and Casio. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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