Meaning of the nameSoraia

Soraia is a feminine name of Arabic origin, from ṯurayyā, the word for the Pleiades, a cluster of stars.

Meaning

“the Pleiades, a cluster of stars”

Source: Wiktionary: Soraia · Wiktionary: ثريا

People (2022): 27,153
Rank in Brazil: #876
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 33,148; people

Soraia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Soraia, 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 (7,635 people).

27,054 women 99 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 Soraia is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.021%
Amapá 0.019%
Amazonas 0.019%
Roraima 0.018%
Bahia 0.018%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	6,285	0.014%
Minas Gerais	4,263	0.021%
Bahia	2,470	0.018%
Rio de Janeiro	2,391	0.015%
Pará	1,365	0.017%
Santa Catarina	1,208	0.016%
Maranhão	1,040	0.015%
Paraná	963	0.008%
Goiás	886	0.013%
Ceará	824	0.009%
Amazonas	728	0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul	676	0.006%
Pernambuco	642	0.007%
Distrito Federal	444	0.016%
Espírito Santo	434	0.011%
Piauí	338	0.010%
Mato Grosso	329	0.009%
Paraíba	320	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	244	0.007%
Tocantins	239	0.016%
Mato Grosso do Sul	221	0.008%
Alagoas	203	0.007%
Rondônia	171	0.011%
Amapá	138	0.019%
Sergipe	133	0.006%
Roraima	116	0.018%
Acre	82	0.010%

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

About the name Soraia

Wiktionary records Soraia in Portuguese as a borrowing from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā), the Arabic name of the Pleiades; the same source explains the Arabic word as a diminutive of ṯariyy, 'numerous, abundant'. Behind the Name presents Soraya as the Persian form of Thurayya and gives Soraia as a Portuguese variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 27,153 people named Soraia, with a median age of 42. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

The most common spelling of the group and the one that Wiktionary records in Portuguese.

Other spellings of Soraia

Spelling	People (2022)
Soraia	27,153
Soraya	12,876

Sources

Wiktionary: Soraia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: ثريا · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Soraya · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Soraia

What does the name Soraia mean?

Soraia means “the Pleiades, a cluster of stars”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Soraia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 27,153 people with the first name Soraia, which ranks it number 876 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Soraia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 27,054 women and 99 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Soraia?

Soraia is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Soraia most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.021% of the state's population is named Soraia (4,263 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Soraia?

Soraya. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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