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Meaning of the nameMarluce

Marluce is a female name of uncertain origin, with a median age of 54 in the 2022 Census and, proportionally, most common in Pernambuco.

Meaning

The meaning of Marluce 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)
28,295
Rank in Brazil
#855
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
30,155
people

Marluce in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marluce, 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 (8,184 people).

28,147 women 148 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 Marluce is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.061%
  2. Paraíba 0.052%
  3. Alagoas 0.050%
  4. Rio Grande do Norte 0.042%
  5. Sergipe 0.025%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco5,5300.061%
São Paulo3,3890.008%
Rio de Janeiro2,8940.018%
Minas Gerais2,4430.012%
Bahia2,0810.015%
Paraíba2,0810.052%
Alagoas1,5490.050%
Rio Grande do Norte1,4000.042%
Pará1,0140.013%
Espírito Santo7080.019%
Ceará6720.008%
Goiás5560.008%
Sergipe5530.025%
Maranhão5250.008%
Amazonas4380.011%
Distrito Federal4140.015%
Rio Grande do Sul3600.003%
Santa Catarina3200.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul2820.010%
Mato Grosso2730.008%
Paraná2430.002%
Rondônia1740.011%
Piauí1220.004%
Acre1090.013%
Roraima720.011%
Tocantins550.004%
Amapá380.005%

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

About the name Marluce

The origin and meaning of Marluce are not known for certain. The name has its own entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,295 people named Marluce. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marluce · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Marluce

What does the name Marluce mean?

The meaning of Marluce 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 Marluce in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,295 people with the first name Marluce, which ranks it number 855 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Marluce is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,147 women and 148 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Marluce most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.061% of the state's population is named Marluce (5,530 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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