Meaning of the nameLaison
- Male
- Lai-son
Laison is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -son, a common formative in names in the country, and its full meaning is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,257 people named Laison, the 7,102nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 23, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Laison 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)
- 1,257
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,102
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 883
- people
Laison in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Laison, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (398 people).
0 women 1,247 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 Laison is most common
States with the highest share of people named Laison in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 160 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 158 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 103 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 100 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 86 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 77 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 58 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 57 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 49 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 46 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 43 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 38 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 38 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 30 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 26 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 23 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 22 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 16 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Laison
The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -son as a formative from English -son, 'son of', found in Brazilian names such as Ramison and Talison. The formation of Laison is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,257 people named Laison, with a median age of 23; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão. Most were born from 1990 onward, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Laison
What does the name Laison mean?
The meaning of Laison 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 Laison in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,257 people with the first name Laison, which ranks it number 7,102 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Laison a boy's or a girl's name?
Laison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,247 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Laison most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Laison (158 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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