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Meaning of the namePabulo

Pabulo is a masculine name of uncertain origin, which matches the word pábulo and has records only for people born from 1980 onward.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 604 people named Pabulo, the 11,732nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 21, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Meaning

The meaning of Pabulo 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)
604
Rank in Brazil
#11,732
Median age
21 years
2010 Census
1,168
people

Pabulo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pabulo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (218 people).

0 women 601 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 Pabulo is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1210.000%
Minas Gerais730.000%
Bahia520.000%
Paraná420.000%
Maranhão350.001%
Rio Grande do Sul340.000%
Rio de Janeiro330.000%
Pará300.000%
Santa Catarina240.000%
Ceará230.000%
Amazonas170.000%
Goiás150.000%
Mato Grosso150.000%

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

About the name Pabulo

The origin of the name Pabulo is uncertain. The spelling matches the Portuguese noun pábulo, from Latin pabulum, 'food' or 'pasture', according to Wiktionary and Priberam. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 604 people named Pabulo, with a median age of 21. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo. Records are concentrated in the 1990s and 2000s, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: pábulo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  2. Priberam: pábulo · dicionario.priberam.org · spelling

Questions about the name Pabulo

What does the name Pabulo mean?

The meaning of Pabulo 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 Pabulo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 604 people with the first name Pabulo, which ranks it number 11,732 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Pabulo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 601 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Pabulo most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.000% of the state's population is named Pabulo (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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