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Meaning of the nameLúcio

Lúcio is a male name of Latin origin, coming from the Roman given name Lucius, derived from lux, 'light'.

Meaning

“light”

Source: Behind the Name: Lucius

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People (2022)
49,951
Rank in Brazil
#568
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
56,048
people

Lúcio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lúcio, 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 (13,234 people).

227 women 49,724 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 Lúcio is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lúcio in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Minas Gerais 0.043%
  2. Amazonas 0.038%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.035%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.032%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.032%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8,7710.020%
Minas Gerais8,7320.043%
Rio de Janeiro5,6460.035%
Rio Grande do Sul2,8990.027%
Bahia2,6290.019%
Paraná2,4900.022%
Pará2,0370.025%
Pernambuco1,9100.021%
Ceará1,7390.020%
Goiás1,6530.023%
Santa Catarina1,6490.022%
Amazonas1,5030.038%
Espírito Santo1,1390.030%
Mato Grosso9600.026%
Distrito Federal8950.032%
Maranhão8920.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul8850.032%
Paraíba8420.021%
Rio Grande do Norte5270.016%
Piauí4370.013%
Sergipe3850.017%
Alagoas3380.011%
Rondônia3180.020%
Tocantins2390.016%
Roraima1540.024%
Amapá1490.020%
Acre1330.016%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Lúcio

Behind the Name explains Lucius as a Roman given name derived from Latin lux, 'light', and lists Lúcio as the Portuguese form. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) points to Lúcia and Lúcio as the probable source of the element Luc-, found in Brazilian names such as Lucivaldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 49,951 people named Lúcio, with a median age of 47; proportionally, the name is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Lucius · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Lucio · behindthename.com · spelling
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (LUC-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Lúcio

What does the name Lúcio mean?

Lúcio means “light”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Lúcio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 49,951 people with the first name Lúcio, which ranks it number 568 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Lúcio a boy's or a girl's name?

Lúcio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 227 women and 49,724 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lúcio?

Lúcio is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lúcio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.043% of the state's population is named Lúcio (8,732 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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