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Meaning of the nameLariza

Lariza is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -iza, an element of feminine names, with an origin and meaning that are not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,055 people named Lariza, the 7,988th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 25, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Meaning

The meaning of Lariza 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)
1,055
Rank in Brazil
#7,988
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
1,409
people

Lariza in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lariza, 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 (458 people).

1,051 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 Lariza is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1940.000%
Bahia930.001%
Minas Gerais780.000%
Rio de Janeiro780.001%
Pará590.001%
Paraná570.001%
Pernambuco520.001%
Ceará470.001%
Rio Grande do Sul410.000%
Maranhão390.001%
Goiás390.001%
Amazonas380.001%
Mato Grosso330.001%
Rio Grande do Norte310.001%
Santa Catarina290.000%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul240.001%
Piauí180.001%
Paraíba160.000%

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

About the name Lariza

The origin of the spelling Lariza is uncertain. It ends in -iza, an element used to form feminine names that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as probably clipped from names such as Luisa and Luiza. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,055 people named Lariza, with a median age of 25. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo. It is almost always female, and most of the people were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, peaking in the 1990s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Lariza

What does the name Lariza mean?

The meaning of Lariza 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 Lariza in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,055 people with the first name Lariza, which ranks it number 7,988 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Lariza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,051 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Lariza most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.000% of the state's population is named Lariza (194 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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