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Meaning of the nameMariângela

Mariângela is a feminine name made up of Maria and Ângela, also used in Italy as Mariangela; the meaning of the combination is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Mariângela 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)
11,066
Rank in Brazil
#1,587
Median age
51 years
2010 Census
12,284
people

Mariângela in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mariângela, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,865 people).

11,027 women 39 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 Mariângela is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.010%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.009%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
  4. São Paulo 0.008%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,4510.008%
Minas Gerais1,7580.009%
Rio de Janeiro1,6670.010%
Rio Grande do Sul9170.008%
Paraná5810.005%
Bahia5710.004%
Santa Catarina4030.005%
Espírito Santo2550.007%
Goiás1940.003%
Pernambuco1800.002%
Distrito Federal1520.005%
Mato Grosso1140.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul990.004%
Paraíba970.002%
Maranhão940.001%
Pará880.001%
Rio Grande do Norte730.002%
Ceará620.001%
Amazonas580.002%
Alagoas510.002%
Roraima480.008%
Rondônia360.002%
Sergipe350.002%
Piauí330.001%
Tocantins320.002%

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

About the name Mariângela

Mariângela joins the names Maria and Ângela; this is how Wiktionary and Behind the Name describe the Italian form Mariangela. Ângela is the feminine form of Ecclesiastical Latin Angelus, from Greek ángelos, 'messenger, angel'. The meaning of Maria, however, is not known for certain, according to Behind the Name, and so the compound has no single meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,066 people named Mariangela, with a median age of 51. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro, and the name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Mariangela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Mariangela · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Angela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Mariângela

What does the name Mariângela mean?

The meaning of Mariângela 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 Mariângela in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,066 people with the first name Mariângela, which ranks it number 1,587 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Mariângela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,027 women and 39 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Mariângela most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.010% of the state's population is named Mariângela (1,667 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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