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Meaning of the nameLucival

Lucival is a Brazilian male name formed from Luci- and -val, with no documented meaning for the whole.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,993 people named Lucival, the 3,909th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Lucival is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,993
Rank in Brazil
#3,909
Median age
45 years
2010 Census
3,287
people

Lucival in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lucival, 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 (823 people).

0 women 2,974 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 Lucival is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.010%
  2. Bahia 0.005%
  3. Sergipe 0.005%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará8300.010%
Bahia7610.005%
São Paulo3280.001%
Sergipe1150.005%
Ceará880.001%
Pernambuco720.001%
Rio de Janeiro710.000%
Goiás710.001%
Maranhão700.001%
Amapá560.008%
Amazonas500.001%
Minas Gerais470.000%
Paraná470.000%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Tocantins370.002%
Alagoas360.001%
Santa Catarina340.000%
Rio Grande do Sul320.000%
Paraíba300.001%
Rio Grande do Norte290.001%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Espírito Santo270.001%
Piauí270.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul220.001%
Rondônia180.001%

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

About the name Lucival

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Lucival is formed from Luci- + -val. The element Luci- is probably taken from names such as Lúcia and Lúcio, and the origin of -val is uncertain, possibly taken from names such as Durval and Lourival. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,993 people named Lucival, with a median age of 45, born mostly between the 1960s and the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucival · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (LUCI-, -VAL) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Lucival

What does the name Lucival mean?

The meaning of Lucival is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Lucival in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,993 people with the first name Lucival, which ranks it number 3,909 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Lucival a boy's or a girl's name?

Lucival is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,974 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Lucival most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.010% of the state's population is named Lucival (830 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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