Meaning of the nameMacelo
- Male
- Ma-ce-lo
Macelo is a masculine name of uncertain origin, recorded in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil with the spelling variants Macilho and Macilo.
Meaning
The meaning of Macelo 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)
- 5,302
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,633
- Median age
- 34 years
- 2010 Census
- 11,195
- people
Macelo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Macelo, 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 (1,585 people).
23 women 5,279 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 Macelo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Macelo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.007%
- Pará 0.006%
- Maranhão 0.006%
- Bahia 0.006%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 843 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 498 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 457 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 422 | 0.005% |
| Maranhão | 411 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 397 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 352 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 256 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 256 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 179 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 174 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 139 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 123 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 99 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 74 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 72 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 71 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 70 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 67 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 63 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 63 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 52 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 49 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 42 | 0.007% |
| Rondônia | 31 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 24 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Macelo
The origin of Macelo is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has an entry for the name and lists Macilho and Macilo as spelling variants. The spelling differs from Marcelo by lacking the R, but the relationship between the two names is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,302 people named Macelo, with a median age of 34. The name is almost always male, has most of its records among people born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and is proportionally most common in Amazonas.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Macelo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Macelo
What does the name Macelo mean?
The meaning of Macelo 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 Macelo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,302 people with the first name Macelo, which ranks it number 2,633 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Macelo a boy's or a girl's name?
Macelo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 5,279 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Macelo most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.007% of the state's population is named Macelo (256 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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