Meaning of the nameMarciano

Male
Latin origin
Mar-ci-a-no

Marciano is a male name of Latin origin, from the Roman Marcianus, formed from Marcus or Marcius with a suffix of belonging.

Meaning

“relating to Marcus or Marcius, a name probably linked to the god Mars”

Source: Wiktionary: Marciano · Wiktionary: Marcianus · Behind the Name: Marcus

People (2022): 19,270
Rank in Brazil: #1,093
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 22,106; people

Marciano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marciano, 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 (7,798 people).

100 women 19,170 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 Marciano is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	2,708	0.025%
Minas Gerais	2,088	0.010%
São Paulo	2,014	0.005%
Santa Catarina	1,800	0.024%
Paraná	1,720	0.015%
Ceará	1,496	0.017%
Rio de Janeiro	841	0.005%
Espírito Santo	673	0.018%
Mato Grosso	630	0.017%
Pernambuco	601	0.007%
Bahia	586	0.004%
Pará	555	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	526	0.019%
Goiás	474	0.007%
Piauí	412	0.013%
Maranhão	320	0.005%
Paraíba	319	0.008%
Rondônia	301	0.019%
Alagoas	298	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	242	0.007%
Amazonas	195	0.005%
Tocantins	161	0.011%
Distrito Federal	111	0.004%
Acre	73	0.009%
Sergipe	53	0.002%
Amapá	39	0.005%
Roraima	34	0.005%

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

About the name Marciano

Wiktionary gives Marciano as coming from the Latin Marcianus, 'relating to Marcus or Marcius', formed with the suffix -ianus (or -anus), which indicates belonging or origin. Behind the Name gives it as the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Marcianus, a Roman cognomen derived from the family name Marcius, which comes from Marcus, a name probably linked to the god Mars. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes the name as Marci- + -ano, with the Latin -ano meaning 'originating from, belonging to', and records Marceano and Maciano as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,270 people named Marciano, with a median age of 39; the name is almost always male, most were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and proportionally it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marciano · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Marcianus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Marciano · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marcianus · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marcius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marciano · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ano) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marciano

What does the name Marciano mean?

Marciano means “relating to Marcus or Marcius, a name probably linked to the god Mars”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Marciano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,270 people with the first name Marciano, which ranks it number 1,093 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Marciano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 100 women and 19,170 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marciano?

Marciano is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marciano most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.025% of the state's population is named Marciano (2,708 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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