Meaning of the nameOrival
- Male
- O-ri-val
Orival is a male name ending in -val, an ending of uncertain origin, recorded in the 2022 Census as the first name of 1,366 people.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,366 people named Orival, the 6,695th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 63, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
Meaning
The meaning of Orival 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)
- 1,366
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,695
- Median age
- 63 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,780
- people
Orival in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Orival, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (406 people).
0 women 1,362 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 Orival is most common
States with the highest share of people named Orival in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.004%
- Paraná 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 391 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 274 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 224 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 86 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 69 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 53 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 41 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 27 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 24 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Orival
Orival ends in -val, which the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes as being of uncertain origin, perhaps taken from names such as Durval and Lourival. The origin of the name as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,366 people named Orival, with a median age of 63, almost always male; most were born between 1940 and 1969. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-val) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Orival
What does the name Orival mean?
The meaning of Orival 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 Orival in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,366 people with the first name Orival, which ranks it number 6,695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Orival a boy's or a girl's name?
Orival is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,362 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Orival most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.004% of the state's population is named Orival (274 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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