Meaning of the nameNiculas
- Male
- Ni-cu-las
Niculas is a masculine name whose spelling resembles Nicolas; in the 2022 Census, almost all people with this name were born from 2000 onward.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,165 people named Niculas, the 7,462nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 7, and the largest group was born in the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.
Meaning
The meaning of Niculas 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)
- 1,165
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,462
- Median age
- 7 years
- 2010 Census
- 377
- people
Niculas in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Niculas, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (618 people).
0 women 1,147 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 Niculas is most common
States with the highest share of people named Niculas in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 230 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 98 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 97 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 65 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 64 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 53 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 51 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 49 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 48 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 48 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 46 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 45 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 42 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 28 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 27 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 27 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 16 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Niculas
The origin of the spelling Niculas is uncertain. It resembles Nicolas, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, presents as coming from the French Nicolas, equivalent to Nicolau. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,165 people named Niculas, with a median age of 7. Almost all were born from 2000 onward, most of them in the 2010s, and the name appears almost always as male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Nicolas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Niculas
What does the name Niculas mean?
The meaning of Niculas 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 Niculas in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,165 people with the first name Niculas, which ranks it number 7,462 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Niculas a boy's or a girl's name?
Niculas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,147 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Niculas most common?
Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.001% of the state's population is named Niculas (230 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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