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Meaning of the nameTéo

Téo is a spelling of the name Theo.

Meaning

The meaning of Téo 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)
19,736
Rank in Brazil
#1,075
Median age
2 years
2010 Census
1,788
people

Téo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Téo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (12,439 people).

262 women 19,474 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 Téo is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.015%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.013%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.012%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.011%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.011%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,7640.011%
Minas Gerais2,2600.011%
Rio de Janeiro2,0940.013%
Bahia1,2200.009%
Rio Grande do Sul1,0590.010%
Paraná1,0250.009%
Santa Catarina8920.012%
Goiás7490.011%
Ceará6910.008%
Pernambuco6060.007%
Maranhão5720.008%
Pará5090.006%
Espírito Santo4200.011%
Distrito Federal4080.015%
Mato Grosso3510.010%
Amazonas3300.008%
Rio Grande do Norte2770.008%
Piauí2520.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul2520.009%
Paraíba2130.005%
Sergipe1970.009%
Rondônia1440.009%
Alagoas1220.004%
Tocantins990.007%
Amapá950.013%
Acre720.009%
Roraima630.010%

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

The spelling Téo

A form with an acute accent and a single T; Wiktionary records it as a masculine name equivalent to Theo.

About the name Theo

Behind the Name presents Theo as a short form of Theodore, Theobald and other names beginning with Theo-, and Wiktionary gives Téo as a masculine name equivalent to the English Theo. Because the form serves more than one name of different origin, no single meaning is assigned to Theo. The great majority of the people recorded were born in 2010 or later. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 123,083 people named Theo, with a median age of 3.

Other spellings of Theo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Theo123,083
Téo19,736

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Theo · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Téo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Téo

What does the name Téo mean?

The meaning of Téo 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 Téo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,736 people with the first name Téo, which ranks it number 1,075 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Téo a boy's or a girl's name?

Téo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 262 women and 19,474 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Téo most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.015% of the state's population is named Téo (408 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Téo?

Theo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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