Meaning of the nameTarsila
- Female
- Tar-si-la
Tarsila is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, also recorded in the spelling variants Tarsyla and Tharsila.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,471 people named Tarsila, the 4,445th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 20, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Tarsila 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)
- 2,471
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,445
- Median age
- 20 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,998
- people
Tarsila in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tarsila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (667 people).
2,466 women 0 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 Tarsila is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tarsila in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 568 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 283 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 210 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 209 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 188 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 114 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 93 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 79 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 77 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 75 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 71 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 67 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 59 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 54 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 48 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 48 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 39 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 36 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 30 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 20 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 19 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 19 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Tarsila
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Tarsila with the spelling variants Tarsyla and Tharsila, without an etymology or formation. The origin of the spelling Tarsila is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,471 people named Tarsila, almost all of them female and the great majority born from 1980 on; proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tarsila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Tarsila
What does the name Tarsila mean?
The meaning of Tarsila 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 Tarsila in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,471 people with the first name Tarsila, which ranks it number 4,445 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Tarsila a boy's or a girl's name?
Tarsila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,466 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Tarsila most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.002% of the state's population is named Tarsila (210 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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