Meaning of the nameNilza
- Female
- Nil-za
Nilza is a feminine name of uncertain origin, which Behind the Name gives as a possible feminine of Nilson and which ends like Genilza and Marinilza.
Meaning
The meaning of Nilza 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)
- 69,114
- Rank in Brazil
- #436
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 80,285
- people
Nilza in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Nilza, 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 (20,493 people).
68,836 women 278 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 Nilza is most common
States with the highest share of people named Nilza in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.061%
- Minas Gerais 0.057%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.049%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.048%
- Rondônia 0.045%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 16,022 | 0.036% |
| Minas Gerais | 11,660 | 0.057% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 7,635 | 0.048% |
| Bahia | 6,073 | 0.043% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 4,770 | 0.044% |
| Paraná | 4,221 | 0.037% |
| Goiás | 2,413 | 0.034% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,352 | 0.031% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,347 | 0.061% |
| Pará | 1,685 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,344 | 0.049% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,339 | 0.037% |
| Pernambuco | 1,179 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 833 | 0.012% |
| Amazonas | 770 | 0.020% |
| Distrito Federal | 731 | 0.026% |
| Rondônia | 704 | 0.045% |
| Ceará | 542 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 378 | 0.011% |
| Paraíba | 377 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 370 | 0.025% |
| Alagoas | 358 | 0.011% |
| Piauí | 320 | 0.010% |
| Sergipe | 315 | 0.014% |
| Acre | 150 | 0.018% |
| Amapá | 125 | 0.017% |
| Roraima | 101 | 0.016% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Nilza
The origin of Nilza is uncertain. Behind the Name considers it possibly a feminine form of Nilson, which it gives as a Portuguese variant of Nelson. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the ending -ilza, -nilza in Brazilian names such as Genilza and Marinilza and treats it as of uncertain origin, perhaps taken from Ilza, which Guérios links to Germanic Ilsa, 'nymph, water sprite', or to Else, a hypocoristic of Elisabete. It is a name of people born mostly between the 1940s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 69,114 people named Nilza, with a median age of 60.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Nilza · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Nilson · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wikcionário: Nilza · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Nilza
What does the name Nilza mean?
The meaning of Nilza 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 Nilza in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 69,114 people with the first name Nilza, which ranks it number 436 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Nilza a boy's or a girl's name?
Nilza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 68,836 women and 278 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Nilza most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.061% of the state's population is named Nilza (2,347 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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