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Meaning of the nameRaulino

Raulino is a Brazilian masculine name that resembles Raul, of Germanic origin, and whose formation is not documented.

Meaning

The meaning of Raulino 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)
2,017
Rank in Brazil
#5,082
Median age
62 years
2010 Census
2,645
people

Raulino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Raulino, 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 (505 people).

0 women 2,015 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 Raulino is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.008%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Santa Catarina6250.008%
Bahia3150.002%
São Paulo1630.000%
Paraná1500.001%
Minas Gerais1110.001%
Espírito Santo980.003%
Rio de Janeiro780.001%
Goiás710.001%
Pará570.001%
Rio Grande do Sul370.000%
Piauí340.001%
Rondônia300.002%
Mato Grosso280.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul270.001%
Maranhão260.000%
Paraíba250.001%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Ceará220.000%
Pernambuco180.000%
Tocantins170.001%
Amazonas160.000%

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

About the name Raulino

The formation of Raulino is not known for certain. The name resembles Raul, which Behind the Name gives as the Portuguese form of the Germanic Radulf, from rad, 'counsel', and wulf, 'wolf', and ends in -ino, a suffix that the morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a Latin diminutive, but the link is not documented for Raulino. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,017 people named Raulino, with a median age of 62. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Raulino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Behind the Name: Raul · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Raulino

What does the name Raulino mean?

The meaning of Raulino 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 Raulino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,017 people with the first name Raulino, which ranks it number 5,082 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Raulino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,015 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Raulino most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.008% of the state's population is named Raulino (625 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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