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Meaning of the nameSuzete

Suzete is a Brazilian female name spelled like the French Suzette, which Wiktionary explains as Suzanne with the diminutive -ette.

Meaning

The meaning of Suzete 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)
7,803
Rank in Brazil
#2,013
Median age
55 years
2010 Census
8,645
people

Suzete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Suzete, 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 (2,554 people).

7,770 women 33 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 Suzete is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
  2. Amazonas 0.009%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  4. Bahia 0.005%
  5. São Paulo 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,0060.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1,1080.010%
Bahia6710.005%
Rio de Janeiro5210.003%
Paraná4650.004%
Santa Catarina3820.005%
Amazonas3630.009%
Pernambuco2990.003%
Minas Gerais2810.001%
Pará2670.003%
Ceará2250.003%
Goiás1790.003%
Paraíba1360.003%
Maranhão1200.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1070.003%
Mato Grosso1040.003%
Distrito Federal900.003%
Alagoas790.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul680.003%
Espírito Santo660.002%
Piauí520.002%
Rondônia460.003%
Sergipe440.002%
Acre440.005%
Roraima330.005%
Amapá260.004%
Tocantins210.001%

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

About the name Suzete

Suzete resembles the French Suzette, which Wiktionary explains as formed from Suzanne plus the diminutive suffix -ette; Behind the Name lists Suzette as the French form of Susanna. The origin of the spelling Suzete, with a single t, is not documented. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -ete, from the French -ette, as an ending of names such as Nilzete. Almost all of those recorded are women, born mostly between 1950 and 1980. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,803 people named Suzete, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Suzette · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Susanna · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Suzete

What does the name Suzete mean?

The meaning of Suzete 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 Suzete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,803 people with the first name Suzete, which ranks it number 2,013 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Suzete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,770 women and 33 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Suzete most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.010% of the state's population is named Suzete (1,108 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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