Meaning of the nameMaicom

Maicom is a Brazilian spelling of Maicon, a form of Michael, a Hebrew name meaning 'who is like God?'.

Meaning

“Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”

People (2022): 9,650
Rank in Brazil: #1,763
Median age: 27 years
2010 Census: 17,097; people

Maicom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maicom, 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 (3,687 people).

60 women 9,590 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 Maicom is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.014%
Santa Catarina 0.011%
Rondônia 0.010%
Paraná 0.007%
Tocantins 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	1,478	0.014%
São Paulo	1,432	0.003%
Minas Gerais	978	0.005%
Santa Catarina	834	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	797	0.005%
Paraná	767	0.007%
Bahia	688	0.005%
Pará	422	0.005%
Goiás	344	0.005%
Mato Grosso	219	0.006%
Maranhão	201	0.003%
Espírito Santo	197	0.005%
Pernambuco	171	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	160	0.006%
Rondônia	160	0.010%
Ceará	141	0.002%
Amazonas	105	0.003%
Tocantins	102	0.007%
Piauí	84	0.003%
Distrito Federal	73	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	57	0.002%
Sergipe	53	0.002%
Alagoas	48	0.002%
Acre	43	0.005%
Paraíba	39	0.001%
Roraima	29	0.005%
Amapá	28	0.004%

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

About the name Maicom

Behind the Name gives Maicon as a Brazilian form of Michael, taken from the English name; Michael comes from Hebrew Miḵaʾel, 'who is like God?', a rhetorical question, and is the name of the archangel who appears in the books of Daniel and Revelation. Wiktionary also records Maicon as a Brazilian adaptation of English Michael and gives it as a doublet of Miguel. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Maicom and Maycom among the spelling variants of Maicon. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,650 people named Maicom, with a median age of 27; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with a final -om instead of the -on of Maicon.

Other spellings of Maicom

Spelling	People (2022)
Maicom	9,650
Maycom	3,044

Sources

Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Maicon · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Maicon · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maicon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Maicom

What does the name Maicom mean?

Maicom means “Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Maicom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,650 people with the first name Maicom, which ranks it number 1,763 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Maicom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 60 women and 9,590 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maicom?

Maicom is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maicom most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.014% of the state's population is named Maicom (1,478 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maicom?

Maycom. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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