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Meaning of the nameMailon

Mailon is a male name of uncertain origin, also written Maylon, with Y; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil also lists Mailom and Malon.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,811 people named Mailon, the 4,068th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 19, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Mailon 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)
2,811
Rank in Brazil
#4,068
Median age
19 years
2010 Census
3,243
people

Mailon in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mailon, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,339 people).

23 women 2,788 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 Mailon is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.004%
  3. Paraná 0.003%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  5. Pará 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5220.001%
Paraná3750.003%
Santa Catarina2180.003%
Rio Grande do Sul2140.002%
Pará2130.003%
Bahia2040.001%
Minas Gerais1880.001%
Mato Grosso1440.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1270.005%
Maranhão870.001%
Amazonas780.002%
Rio de Janeiro690.000%
Rondônia590.004%
Ceará500.001%
Goiás440.001%
Amapá390.005%
Pernambuco320.000%
Espírito Santo290.001%
Piauí260.001%
Distrito Federal210.001%
Tocantins210.001%

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

About the name Mailon

The origin of Mailon is uncertain, and the meaning is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Maelon, Mailom, Malom, Malon, Maylom and Milon as spelling variants. Almost all the people registered are men, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,811 people named Mailon, with a median age of 19; proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso do Sul.

Written with I, it is the most registered spelling in the group and the entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

Other spellings of Mailon

SpellingPeople (2022)
Mailon2,811
Maylon2,421

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mailon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Mailon

What does the name Mailon mean?

The meaning of Mailon 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 Mailon in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,811 people with the first name Mailon, which ranks it number 4,068 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Mailon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 2,788 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Mailon most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Mailon (127 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mailon?

Maylon. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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