Meaning of the nameLourival
- Male
- Lou-ri-val
Lourival is a traditional Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, concentrated among people born in the 1950s through the 1970s.
Meaning
The meaning of Lourival 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)
- 29,488
- Rank in Brazil
- #833
- Median age
- 59 years
- 2010 Census
- 31,107
- people
Lourival in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lourival, 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 (7,856 people).
65 women 29,423 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 Lourival is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lourival in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,624 | 0.015% |
| Bahia | 4,129 | 0.029% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,592 | 0.013% |
| Paraná | 2,548 | 0.022% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,401 | 0.018% |
| Maranhão | 1,359 | 0.020% |
| Goiás | 1,287 | 0.018% |
| Pernambuco | 1,075 | 0.012% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,063 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 1,040 | 0.013% |
| Piauí | 767 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 617 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 582 | 0.015% |
| Espírito Santo | 582 | 0.015% |
| Ceará | 542 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 436 | 0.014% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 429 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 384 | 0.012% |
| Tocantins | 379 | 0.025% |
| Distrito Federal | 341 | 0.012% |
| Sergipe | 324 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 317 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 240 | 0.015% |
| Amazonas | 222 | 0.006% |
| Amapá | 87 | 0.012% |
| Acre | 67 | 0.008% |
| Roraima | 54 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lourival
The origin of Lourival is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Lourival among the names from which the element -val, also of uncertain origin, was perhaps taken, which appears in Durval, Genival and Roberval. The same text notes that Machado (1981) sees in Lourival a typical arbitrary creation, used more in Brazil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 29,488 people named Lourival, with a median age of 59. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-val) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Lourival
What does the name Lourival mean?
The meaning of Lourival 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 Lourival in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 29,488 people with the first name Lourival, which ranks it number 833 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Lourival a boy's or a girl's name?
Lourival is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 65 women and 29,423 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Lourival most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.029% of the state's population is named Lourival (4,129 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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