Meaning of the nameLorival
- Male
- Lo-ri-val
Lorival is a masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as a variant of Lourival, a name of uncertain origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Lorival 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)
- 25,953
- Rank in Brazil
- #903
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 39,530
- people
Lorival in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lorival, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (6,722 people).
75 women 25,878 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 Lorival is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lorival in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.024%
- Bahia 0.023%
- Tocantins 0.022%
- Mato Grosso 0.022%
- Paraná 0.019%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,013 | 0.011% |
| Bahia | 3,281 | 0.023% |
| Paraná | 2,202 | 0.019% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,179 | 0.011% |
| Pará | 1,314 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,289 | 0.017% |
| Maranhão | 1,257 | 0.019% |
| Pernambuco | 1,042 | 0.012% |
| Goiás | 1,034 | 0.015% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 954 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 785 | 0.022% |
| Ceará | 604 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 582 | 0.015% |
| Paraíba | 553 | 0.014% |
| Piauí | 462 | 0.014% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 448 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 444 | 0.016% |
| Alagoas | 422 | 0.014% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 390 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 383 | 0.024% |
| Tocantins | 331 | 0.022% |
| Amazonas | 307 | 0.008% |
| Distrito Federal | 252 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 208 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 102 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 71 | 0.011% |
| Acre | 44 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lorival
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Lorival as a variant of Lourival. In the morpheme list of the same project, the ending -val has an uncertain origin, perhaps taken from names such as Durval and Lourival, and a note cites Machado (1981), who sees in Lourival a typical arbitrary creation, more widely used in Brazil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,953 people named Lorival, with a median age of 58. The name is almost always male, with the largest group born in the 1960s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lorival · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-val) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Lorival
What does the name Lorival mean?
The meaning of Lorival 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 Lorival in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 25,953 people with the first name Lorival, which ranks it number 903 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Lorival a boy's or a girl's name?
Lorival is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 75 women and 25,878 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Lorival most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.024% of the state's population is named Lorival (383 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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