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Meaning of the nameNatércia

Natércia is a feminine name created in Portuguese, described in Wiktionary as an anagram of Caterina, a form of Catarina, coined by Camões.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,134 people named Natércia, the 7,595th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 52, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Natércia 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)
1,134
Rank in Brazil
#7,595
Median age
52 years
2010 Census
1,518
people

Natércia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Natércia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (216 people).

1,131 women 0 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 Natércia is most common

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

  1. Ceará 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1790.000%
Minas Gerais1680.001%
Rio de Janeiro1300.001%
Ceará1290.002%
Pernambuco680.001%
Paraíba510.001%
Rio Grande do Sul450.000%
Rio Grande do Norte430.001%
Pará410.001%
Piauí340.001%
Bahia330.000%
Amazonas280.001%
Paraná240.000%
Goiás220.000%
Distrito Federal220.001%
Santa Catarina210.000%
Maranhão190.000%
Espírito Santo150.000%

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

About the name Natércia

According to Wiktionary, Natércia is an anagram of Caterina, a name coined by the poet Luís Vaz de Camões. Wiktionary records Caterina as an alternative spelling of Catarina, the Italian equivalent of Catherine, and Behind the Name classifies the etymology of Catherine as uncertain, so no meaning is assigned to Natércia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,134 people named Natércia, with a median age of 52. The name is almost always female, with records from every decade since before 1940. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Natércia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Caterina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Catherine · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Natércia

What does the name Natércia mean?

The meaning of Natércia 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 Natércia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,134 people with the first name Natércia, which ranks it number 7,595 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Natércia a boy's or a girl's name?

Natércia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,131 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Natércia?

Natércia is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Natércia most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Natércia (129 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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