Meaning of the nameLucélia
- Female
- Lu-cé-li-a
Lucélia is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, which begins with Luc-, like Lúcia, and coincides with the name of a municipality in São Paulo state.
Meaning
The meaning of Lucélia 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)
- 28,527
- Rank in Brazil
- #849
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 30,670
- people
Lucélia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lucélia, 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 (12,538 people).
28,430 women 97 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 Lucélia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lucélia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.032%
- Tocantins 0.026%
- Mato Grosso 0.025%
- Piauí 0.023%
- Paraná 0.022%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,962 | 0.013% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,066 | 0.015% |
| Paraná | 2,457 | 0.022% |
| Goiás | 2,223 | 0.032% |
| Maranhão | 1,453 | 0.021% |
| Bahia | 1,397 | 0.010% |
| Pará | 1,107 | 0.014% |
| Ceará | 1,007 | 0.011% |
| Pernambuco | 961 | 0.011% |
| Santa Catarina | 919 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 895 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 895 | 0.025% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 893 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 751 | 0.023% |
| Amazonas | 591 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 560 | 0.020% |
| Paraíba | 531 | 0.013% |
| Distrito Federal | 461 | 0.016% |
| Espírito Santo | 439 | 0.012% |
| Alagoas | 416 | 0.013% |
| Tocantins | 393 | 0.026% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 356 | 0.011% |
| Rondônia | 309 | 0.020% |
| Sergipe | 164 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 115 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 105 | 0.017% |
| Amapá | 101 | 0.014% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lucélia
The origin of Lucélia is uncertain. The name begins with Luc-, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) considers probably taken from names such as Lúcia and Lúcio, and the Dictionary records Lucelhia as a spelling variant. Wiktionary also records Lucélia as the name of a municipality in the state of São Paulo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,527 people named Lucélia, with 12,538 born in the 1980s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Goiás, and it is almost always female.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Lucélia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Luc-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucélia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Lucélia
What does the name Lucélia mean?
The meaning of Lucélia 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 Lucélia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,527 people with the first name Lucélia, which ranks it number 849 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Lucélia a boy's or a girl's name?
Lucélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,430 women and 97 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Lucélia most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.032% of the state's population is named Lucélia (2,223 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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