Meaning of the nameMadson
- Male
- Mad-son
Madson is a Brazilian male name ending in -son, an English element meaning 'son of', with a beginning, Mad-, of uncertain origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Madson 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)
- 9,903
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,727
- Median age
- 25 years
- 2010 Census
- 9,163
- people
Madson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Madson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,852 people).
64 women 9,839 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 Madson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Madson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.028%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.023%
- Amazonas 0.018%
- Alagoas 0.018%
- Amapá 0.016%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 2,274 | 0.028% |
| Maranhão | 849 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 770 | 0.023% |
| Amazonas | 719 | 0.018% |
| Minas Gerais | 674 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 673 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 546 | 0.018% |
| Ceará | 501 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 452 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 397 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 240 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 176 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 171 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 164 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 135 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 134 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 126 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 126 | 0.015% |
| Amapá | 119 | 0.016% |
| Distrito Federal | 115 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 115 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 93 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 91 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 84 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 67 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 60 | 0.004% |
| Roraima | 32 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Madson
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -son as an element taken from English -son, a patronymic meaning 'son of', found in Anderson, Edson and Jefferson. The origin of the initial part Mad- is uncertain. Wiktionary records Madson as an English surname. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,903 people named Madson, with a median age of 25. Most were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Morfemário: -son · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Madson · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Madson
What does the name Madson mean?
The meaning of Madson 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 Madson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,903 people with the first name Madson, which ranks it number 1,727 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Madson a boy's or a girl's name?
Madson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 9,839 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Madson most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.028% of the state's population is named Madson (2,274 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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