Meaning of the nameLucineia
- Female
- Lu-ci-nei-a
Lucineia is a Brazilian feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Luci-, probably taken from Lúcia, plus -néia, perhaps taken from Dulcinéia.
Meaning
The meaning of Lucineia 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)
- 44,634
- Rank in Brazil
- #609
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 47,362
- people
Lucineia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lucineia, 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 (17,039 people).
44,494 women 140 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 Lucineia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lucineia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.077%
- Rondônia 0.058%
- Paraná 0.048%
- Mato Grosso 0.040%
- Minas Gerais 0.035%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 11,729 | 0.026% |
| Minas Gerais | 7,271 | 0.035% |
| Paraná | 5,475 | 0.048% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,619 | 0.023% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,962 | 0.077% |
| Bahia | 2,928 | 0.021% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,479 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,461 | 0.040% |
| Pará | 976 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 920 | 0.058% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 915 | 0.033% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 907 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 835 | 0.009% |
| Goiás | 731 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 554 | 0.014% |
| Maranhão | 446 | 0.007% |
| Alagoas | 266 | 0.009% |
| Distrito Federal | 244 | 0.009% |
| Paraíba | 227 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 123 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 99 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 90 | 0.011% |
| Ceará | 87 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 82 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 76 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 74 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 58 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lucineia
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the name as Lucinéia, with an accent, and analyzes it as Luci- + -néia. According to the project's Morfemário, Luci- is probably a fragment of Lúcia and Lúcio, and -néia is perhaps a fragment of Dulcinéia, a name that, according to Machado, Cervantes created in Don Quixote from Dulce, or perhaps a feminine form linked to the formative Ney. The meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,634 people named Lucineia, with a median age of 44; the name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Espírito Santo.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucinéia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Luci-, -néia) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Lucineia
What does the name Lucineia mean?
The meaning of Lucineia 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 Lucineia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 44,634 people with the first name Lucineia, which ranks it number 609 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Lucineia a boy's or a girl's name?
Lucineia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 44,494 women and 140 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Lucineia most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.077% of the state's population is named Lucineia (2,962 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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