Meaning of the nameLeomar
- Male
- Le-o-mar
Leomar is a Brazilian male name ending in -mar, a formative that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to three possible origins.
Meaning
The meaning of Leomar 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)
- 16,530
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,207
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 18,075
- people
Leomar in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Leomar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,094 people).
928 women 15,602 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 Leomar is most common
States with the highest share of people named Leomar in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Tocantins 0.026%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.023%
- Espírito Santo 0.021%
- Rondônia 0.021%
- Santa Catarina 0.019%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,476 | 0.023% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,496 | 0.007% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,447 | 0.019% |
| Paraná | 1,324 | 0.012% |
| Goiás | 1,294 | 0.018% |
| São Paulo | 1,039 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 828 | 0.012% |
| Bahia | 810 | 0.006% |
| Espírito Santo | 797 | 0.021% |
| Pará | 777 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso | 616 | 0.017% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 442 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 398 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 395 | 0.026% |
| Ceará | 335 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 327 | 0.021% |
| Piauí | 298 | 0.009% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 287 | 0.010% |
| Paraíba | 271 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 247 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 192 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 132 | 0.004% |
| Roraima | 101 | 0.016% |
| Acre | 69 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 48 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 46 | 0.006% |
| Sergipe | 38 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Leomar
The origin of Leomar is uncertain. According to the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), the ending -mar may come from the Germanic -mar, 'glory, fame', from a fragment of Maria, or from the Portuguese noun *mar*, 'sea', and it appears in Brazilian names such as Neomar, Eliomar and Lindomar. The same morpheme list notes that -mar forms both male and female names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,530 people named Leomar, with a median age of 41, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-mar) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Leomar
What does the name Leomar mean?
The meaning of Leomar 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 Leomar in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,530 people with the first name Leomar, which ranks it number 1,207 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Leomar a boy's or a girl's name?
Leomar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 928 women and 15,602 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Leomar most common?
Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.026% of the state's population is named Leomar (395 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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