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Meaning of the nameMilka

Milka is a spelling of the name Milca, which means “queen”.

Meaning

“queen”

Meaning of the name Milca, of which Milka is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Milcah

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People (2022)
2,066
Rank in Brazil
#4,999
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
2,022
people

Milka in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Milka, 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 (562 people).

2,046 women 20 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 Milka is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.003%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Goiás 0.002%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3130.001%
Pernambuco2790.003%
Pará1580.002%
Maranhão1270.002%
Goiás1260.002%
Bahia980.001%
Amazonas910.002%
Rio Grande do Norte840.003%
Minas Gerais750.000%
Rio Grande do Sul750.001%
Paraná730.001%
Mato Grosso660.002%
Rio de Janeiro490.000%
Ceará490.001%
Alagoas470.002%
Piauí450.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul430.002%
Tocantins430.003%
Distrito Federal400.001%
Santa Catarina360.001%
Paraíba330.001%
Espírito Santo330.001%
Rondônia330.002%
Acre160.002%
Sergipe150.001%

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

The spelling Milka

The spelling with K is the one Behind the Name gives as the biblical Hebrew form from which the name derives.

About the name Milca

Milca and Milka correspond to the Hebrew name מלכה (Milká), which appears in the Bible for two women. Behind the Name, in its Milcah entry, says the name comes from Hebrew Milka, derived from malka, 'queen', and Wiktionary records the Italian form Milca as derived from the same Hebrew name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,768 people named Milca and 2,066 named Milka. The only difference between the two spellings is the letter: C or K before the A.

Other spellings of Milca

SpellingPeople (2022)
Milca2,768
Milka2,066

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Milcah · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Milcah · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Milca (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Milka

What does the name Milka mean?

Milka means “queen”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Milca, of which Milka is a spelling.

How many people are named Milka in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,066 people with the first name Milka, which ranks it number 4,999 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Milka is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,046 women and 20 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Milka?

Milka is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Milka most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.003% of the state's population is named Milka (279 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Milka?

Milca. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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