Meaning of the nameOsório
- Male
- O-só-ri-o
Osório is a masculine name that is also the name of a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul; its meaning as a given name is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Osório 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)
- 3,127
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,775
- Median age
- 65 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,123
- people
Osório in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Osório, 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 (842 people).
0 women 3,120 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 Osório is most common
States with the highest share of people named Osório in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Goiás 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 752 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 475 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 360 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 233 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 219 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 182 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 160 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 131 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 71 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 63 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 59 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 59 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 48 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 47 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 43 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 34 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 26 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 23 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 23 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 19 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Osório
Osório is also the name of a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, according to Wiktionary. The entry for the unaccented form, Osorio, describes a Spanish surname that it gives as coming from Basque, and the English entry also cites the Latin Osorius; the link between these explanations and the Brazilian given name is not documented, and its meaning is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,127 people named Osório, with a median age of 65. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The records are almost always male, and most of the people were born between 1940 and 1969.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Osório · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Wiktionary: Osorio · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- IBGE: Nomes no Brasil, Censo 2022 · censo2022.ibge.gov.br · usage
Questions about the name Osório
What does the name Osório mean?
The meaning of Osório 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 Osório in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,127 people with the first name Osório, which ranks it number 3,775 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Osório a boy's or a girl's name?
Osório is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,120 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Osório most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.003% of the state's population is named Osório (360 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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