Meaning of the nameMarisete
- Female
- Ma-ri-se-te
Marisete is a Brazilian female name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Mari- + -sete, with the ending of diminutive names in -ete.
Meaning
The meaning of Marisete 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)
- 7,788
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,016
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 9,169
- people
Marisete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marisete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (2,599 people).
7,766 women 22 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 Marisete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marisete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.017%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.016%
- Bahia 0.006%
- Paraná 0.005%
- Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,682 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,306 | 0.017% |
| São Paulo | 1,245 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 804 | 0.006% |
| Paraná | 562 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 407 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 301 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 188 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 142 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 120 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 118 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 104 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 101 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 96 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 82 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 80 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 78 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 70 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 59 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 43 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 42 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 38 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 35 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 31 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 21 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 19 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marisete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the formation of Marisete as Mari- + -sete and lists Marizethe as a spelling variant. Its Morfemário describes Mari- as a probable clipping of names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and includes Marisete among the names with -ete, an ending that comes from French -ette and, earlier, from Latin -eta, a diminutive affix. The meaning of the name as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,788 people named Marisete, with a median age of 51. Most were born in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marisete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Morfemário: -ete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Marisete
What does the name Marisete mean?
The meaning of Marisete 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 Marisete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,788 people with the first name Marisete, which ranks it number 2,016 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Marisete a boy's or a girl's name?
Marisete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,766 women and 22 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Marisete most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.017% of the state's population is named Marisete (1,306 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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