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Meaning of the nameMaykon

Maykon is a spelling of the name Maicon, which means “Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”.

Meaning

“Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”

Meaning of the name Maicon, of which Maykon is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Maicon · Behind the Name: Maicon · Behind the Name: Michael

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People (2022)
7,833
Rank in Brazil
#2,010
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
4,907
people

Maykon in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maykon, 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 (3,033 people).

23 women 7,810 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 Maykon is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso 0.010%
  2. Tocantins 0.009%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.009%
  4. Goiás 0.008%
  5. Paraná 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3440.003%
Paraná9020.008%
Minas Gerais7360.004%
Goiás5700.008%
Santa Catarina4630.006%
Rio de Janeiro3840.002%
Pará3740.005%
Mato Grosso3460.010%
Maranhão2910.004%
Espírito Santo2420.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul2340.009%
Bahia2100.002%
Ceará2030.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1890.006%
Pernambuco1870.002%
Amazonas1650.004%
Alagoas1600.005%
Paraíba1510.004%
Tocantins1410.009%
Piauí1170.004%
Distrito Federal1010.004%
Rio Grande do Sul960.001%
Sergipe840.004%
Rondônia770.005%
Amapá270.004%
Acre240.003%
Roraima150.002%

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

The spelling Maykon

It combines the K and the Y, both substitutions at once.

About the name Maicon

Wiktionary records Maicon as a Brazilian adaptation of the English Michael and as a divergent form of Miguel; according to the same source, the ending -on may come from the nasalization of the final diphthong in the English pronunciation. Behind the Name describes it as a Portuguese form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el, 'who is like God?', a name that appears in the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 117,370 people named Maicon, with a median age of 27. Maycon, Maikon and Maykon are written variants of the same name.

Other spellings of Maicon

SpellingPeople (2022)
Maicon117,370
Maycon52,333
Maikon12,534
Maykon7,833

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Maicon · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Maicon · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maicon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Maykon

What does the name Maykon mean?

Maykon means “Brazilian form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Maicon, of which Maykon is a spelling.

How many people are named Maykon in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,833 people with the first name Maykon, which ranks it number 2,010 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Maykon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 7,810 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maykon?

Maykon is a name of English and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maykon most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.010% of the state's population is named Maykon (346 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maykon?

Maicon, Maycon and Maikon. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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