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Meaning of the nameOsnir

Osnir is a Brazilian male name close to Osni, a name that has its own entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,877 people named Osnir, the 4,007th 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 Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Osnir 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)
2,877
Rank in Brazil
#4,007
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
3,167
people

Osnir in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Osnir, 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 (746 people).

23 women 2,854 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 Osnir is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.009%
  2. Paraná 0.004%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6760.002%
Santa Catarina6600.009%
Paraná4090.004%
Bahia2570.002%
Rio de Janeiro1720.001%
Minas Gerais1360.001%
Rio Grande do Sul860.001%
Mato Grosso570.002%
Espírito Santo510.001%
Goiás500.001%
Rondônia410.003%
Pará380.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul380.001%
Pernambuco340.000%
Amazonas280.001%
Maranhão260.000%
Distrito Federal260.001%
Paraíba190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte170.001%

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

About the name Osnir

The origin of the name Osnir is uncertain. It is close to Osni, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as its own entry. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,877 people named Osnir, with a median age of 54, almost always men; most were born between 1950 and 1979. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Osni · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Osnir

What does the name Osnir mean?

The meaning of Osnir 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 Osnir in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,877 people with the first name Osnir, which ranks it number 4,007 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Osnir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 2,854 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Osnir most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.009% of the state's population is named Osnir (660 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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