Meaning of the nameLaurinete
- Female
- Lau-ri-ne-te
Laurinete is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ete, the ending of names such as Claudete and Marinete, which comes from French -ette.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,848 people named Laurinete, the 4,038th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 54, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Laurinete 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)
- 2,848
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,038
- Median age
- 54 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,174
- people
Laurinete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Laurinete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (706 people).
2,826 women 22 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 Laurinete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Laurinete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.007%
- Maranhão 0.004%
- Alagoas 0.004%
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Pará 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 646 | 0.007% |
| São Paulo | 338 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 297 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 227 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 182 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 144 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 141 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 116 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 103 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 82 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 72 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 70 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 66 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 59 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 48 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 41 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 38 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 32 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 27 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 20 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 19 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Laurinete
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains that the ending -ete, common in names such as Claudete and Marinete, comes from French -ette and, earlier, from a Latin diminutive suffix. The meaning of Laurinete as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,848 people named Laurinete, with a median age of 54. The peak was in the 1970s, and almost all are women. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Laurinete
What does the name Laurinete mean?
The meaning of Laurinete 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 Laurinete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,848 people with the first name Laurinete, which ranks it number 4,038 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Laurinete a boy's or a girl's name?
Laurinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,826 women and 22 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Laurinete most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.007% of the state's population is named Laurinete (646 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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