Meaning of the nameMarizete
- Female
- Ma-ri-ze-te
Marizete is a Brazilian feminine name written with Z, close to Marisete, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Mari- + -sete.
Meaning
The meaning of Marizete 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)
- 33,475
- Rank in Brazil
- #757
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 34,545
- people
Marizete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marizete, 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 (10,076 people).
33,321 women 154 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 Marizete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marizete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.054%
- Santa Catarina 0.029%
- Sergipe 0.029%
- Amapá 0.026%
- Paraíba 0.024%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 7,575 | 0.054% |
| São Paulo | 4,065 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,310 | 0.011% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,232 | 0.029% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,057 | 0.019% |
| Paraná | 1,856 | 0.016% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,778 | 0.011% |
| Pará | 1,667 | 0.021% |
| Goiás | 1,371 | 0.019% |
| Paraíba | 964 | 0.024% |
| Espírito Santo | 830 | 0.022% |
| Maranhão | 726 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso | 684 | 0.019% |
| Sergipe | 642 | 0.029% |
| Pernambuco | 608 | 0.007% |
| Amazonas | 603 | 0.015% |
| Alagoas | 490 | 0.016% |
| Piauí | 424 | 0.013% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 417 | 0.015% |
| Distrito Federal | 412 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 370 | 0.011% |
| Ceará | 357 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 329 | 0.021% |
| Tocantins | 242 | 0.016% |
| Acre | 198 | 0.024% |
| Amapá | 189 | 0.026% |
| Roraima | 79 | 0.012% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marizete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Marisete as Mari- + -sete and records Marizethe as a spelling variant of that form. In the Morfemário, Mari- is described as a probable shortening of names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and -ete as a diminutive suffix from the French -ette, itself from Latin -eta; Marisete appears among the Brazilian names with -ete. The exact origin of the spelling Marizete is uncertain, and the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,475 people named Marizete, a name almost always female, with a median age of 51. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Mari-, -ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marisete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Marizete
What does the name Marizete mean?
The meaning of Marizete 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 Marizete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 33,475 people with the first name Marizete, which ranks it number 757 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Marizete a boy's or a girl's name?
Marizete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 33,321 women and 154 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Marizete most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.054% of the state's population is named Marizete (7,575 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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