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Meaning of the nameRuberval

Ruberval is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -val, a formative of uncertain origin, and its meaning is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,694 people named Ruberval, the 5,754th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 50, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Ruberval 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)
1,694
Rank in Brazil
#5,754
Median age
50 years
2010 Census
1,770
people

Ruberval in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ruberval, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (524 people).

0 women 1,688 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 Ruberval is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2660.001%
Pará2350.003%
Bahia1530.001%
Maranhão1270.002%
Tocantins960.006%
Paraná770.001%
Amazonas730.002%
Rio de Janeiro720.000%
Goiás670.001%
Minas Gerais640.000%
Santa Catarina590.001%
Pernambuco480.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul400.002%
Mato Grosso390.001%
Espírito Santo380.001%
Distrito Federal380.001%
Rio Grande do Sul370.000%
Ceará290.000%
Paraíba260.001%
Piauí250.001%
Rondônia210.001%
Acre150.002%
Amapá150.002%

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

About the name Ruberval

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil treats -val as a formative of uncertain origin, perhaps a fragment of names such as Durval and Lourival, and does not document how Ruberval was formed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,694 people named Ruberval, with a median age of 50. It is an almost always male name.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ruberval · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ruberval

What does the name Ruberval mean?

The meaning of Ruberval 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 Ruberval in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,694 people with the first name Ruberval, which ranks it number 5,754 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Ruberval is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,688 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Ruberval most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Ruberval (235 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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