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Meaning of the nameMaicon

Maicon is a Brazilian masculine name that reproduces the English Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el, 'who is like God?'.

Meaning

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

Source: Wiktionary: Maicon · Behind the Name: Maicon · Behind the Name: Michael

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People (2022)
117,370
Rank in Brazil
#278
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
135,127
people

Maicon in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maicon, 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 (44,627 people).

604 women 116,766 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 Maicon is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.146%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.134%
  3. Paraná 0.091%
  4. Rondônia 0.085%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.073%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo20,6620.047%
Rio Grande do Sul14,6110.134%
Santa Catarina11,1260.146%
Minas Gerais10,9620.053%
Paraná10,3640.091%
Rio de Janeiro10,2870.064%
Bahia9,5250.067%
Pará3,7330.046%
Goiás3,3190.047%
Maranhão2,5040.037%
Espírito Santo2,1560.056%
Ceará2,1390.024%
Mato Grosso2,1100.058%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,9990.073%
Pernambuco1,9920.022%
Rondônia1,3360.085%
Amazonas1,2950.033%
Distrito Federal1,2370.044%
Piauí1,1660.036%
Sergipe9340.042%
Alagoas8230.026%
Rio Grande do Norte6970.021%
Paraíba6740.017%
Tocantins6280.042%
Acre4510.054%
Amapá4150.057%
Roraima2250.035%

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

About the name Maicon

Wiktionary records Maicon as a Brazilian adaptation of the English Michael and as a divergent form of Miguel; according to the same source, the ending -on may come from the nasalization of the final diphthong in the English pronunciation. Behind the Name describes it as a Portuguese form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el, 'who is like God?', a name that appears in the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 117,370 people named Maicon, with a median age of 27. Maycon, Maikon and Maykon are written variants of the same name.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with C and I.

Other spellings of Maicon

SpellingPeople (2022)
Maicon117,370
Maycon52,333
Maikon12,534
Maykon7,833

Sources

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

Questions about the name Maicon

What does the name Maicon mean?

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

How many people are named Maicon in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 117,370 people with the first name Maicon, which ranks it number 278 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Maicon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 604 women and 116,766 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maicon?

Maicon is a name of English and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maicon most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.146% of the state's population is named Maicon (11,126 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maicon?

Maycon, Maikon and Maykon. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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