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Meaning of the nameOsmario

Osmario is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, recorded without an accent by IBGE, with the most records among people born in the 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,719 people named Osmario, the 4,148th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 54, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Osmario 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)
2,719
Rank in Brazil
#4,148
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
3,148
people

Osmario in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Osmario, 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 (690 people).

0 women 2,709 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 Osmario is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.008%
  2. Sergipe 0.007%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. Pernambuco 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,0870.008%
São Paulo3870.001%
Paraná2630.002%
Minas Gerais1620.001%
Sergipe1480.007%
Pernambuco1230.001%
Goiás760.001%
Rio de Janeiro680.000%
Alagoas580.002%
Espírito Santo520.001%
Santa Catarina440.001%
Mato Grosso350.001%
Maranhão300.000%
Rio Grande do Sul260.000%
Pará250.000%
Paraíba200.001%
Rondônia200.001%
Distrito Federal170.001%

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

About the name Osmario

The origin of the spelling Osmario is uncertain, and its connection to Osmar, a name with a similar spelling, is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains Osmar, citing Machado (1981), as of Germanic origin, from Os-, the name of a god in Germanic mythology, and -mar, 'famous'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,719 people named Osmario, with a median age of 54. The records are almost always male, and most were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Osmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Osmario

What does the name Osmario mean?

The meaning of Osmario 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 Osmario in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,719 people with the first name Osmario, which ranks it number 4,148 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Osmario is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,709 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Osmario most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.008% of the state's population is named Osmario (1,087 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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