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Meaning of the nameMarlo

Marlo is a masculine name that also exists as an English given name, of uncertain origin, and is recorded in Brazil mainly among people born from 1980 to 2009.

Meaning

The meaning of Marlo 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)
1,777
Rank in Brazil
#5,554
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
2,187
people

Marlo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marlo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (396 people).

52 women 1,725 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 Marlo is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2300.002%
São Paulo1740.000%
Bahia1710.001%
Santa Catarina1610.002%
Paraná1350.001%
Rio de Janeiro1280.001%
Minas Gerais1010.001%
Pernambuco960.001%
Pará930.001%
Ceará570.001%
Maranhão530.001%
Goiás530.001%
Amazonas400.001%
Alagoas340.001%
Espírito Santo330.001%
Piauí330.001%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Sergipe210.001%
Tocantins210.001%
Rio Grande do Norte190.001%
Paraíba180.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%

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

About the name Marlo

Wiktionary records Marlo as an English given name, male and female, and also as a surname and the name of places in Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. The origin of the spelling Marlo is uncertain. The name is recorded almost always for men, and the 1990s is the most numerous decade. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,777 people named Marlo, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Marlo · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Marlo

What does the name Marlo mean?

The meaning of Marlo 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 Marlo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,777 people with the first name Marlo, which ranks it number 5,554 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Marlo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 52 women and 1,725 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Marlo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Marlo (230 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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