Meaning of the namePascoal

Male
Latin origin
Pas-co-al

Pascoal is a masculine name of Latin origin, coming from Paschālis, 'relating to Easter'.

Meaning

“relating to Easter, from Latin Paschālis, which comes from Hebrew pesach, 'Passover'”

Source: Wiktionary: Pascoal · Wiktionary: Paschalis

People (2022): 3,677
Rank in Brazil: #3,392
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 5,246; people

Pascoal in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pascoal, 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 (867 people).

0 women 3,662 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 Pascoal is most common

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

Bahia 0.005%
Piauí 0.003%
São Paulo 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%
Pará 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,121	0.003%
Bahia	664	0.005%
Minas Gerais	315	0.002%
Paraná	197	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	180	0.001%
Pará	128	0.002%
Ceará	113	0.001%
Piauí	111	0.003%
Santa Catarina	96	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	81	0.001%
Espírito Santo	80	0.002%
Goiás	77	0.001%
Mato Grosso	76	0.002%
Amazonas	74	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	73	0.003%
Maranhão	65	0.001%
Pernambuco	41	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	39	0.001%
Rondônia	29	0.002%
Paraíba	27	0.001%
Tocantins	23	0.002%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Alagoas	15	0.001%

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

About the name Pascoal

According to Wiktionary, Pascoal comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Pascoal and from the Latin name Paschālis, formed from the adjective paschalis, which comes from pascha, a word that goes back to Biblical Hebrew pesach, the Jewish Passover. Behind the Name lists Pascoal as the Portuguese form of Pascal, and Pascual and Pasquale as the Spanish and Italian forms. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,677 people named Pascoal, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Pascoal · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Paschalis · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Pascoal · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Pascoal

What does the name Pascoal mean?

Pascoal means “relating to Easter, from Latin Paschālis, which comes from Hebrew pesach, 'Passover'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Pascoal in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,677 people with the first name Pascoal, which ranks it number 3,392 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Pascoal is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,662 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Pascoal?

Pascoal is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Pascoal most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Pascoal (664 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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