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Meaning of the nameUalace

Ualace is a spelling of the name Wallace, which means “foreigner; nickname for a Welshman or Breton”.

Meaning

“foreigner; nickname for a Welshman or Breton”

Meaning of the name Wallace, of which Ualace is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Wallace · Behind the Name: Wallace

People (2022)
1,040
Rank in Brazil
#8,068
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
1,465
people

Ualace in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ualace, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (343 people).

0 women 1,034 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 Ualace is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.003%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia3710.003%
Rio de Janeiro2690.002%
São Paulo1370.000%
Minas Gerais560.000%
Espírito Santo290.001%
Paraná270.000%
Pará190.000%
Goiás170.000%

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

The spelling Ualace

It replaces the initial W with U and has a single L. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Hualace as a spelling variant.

About the name Wallace

Wiktionary describes Wallace as an Old English nickname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis, 'foreigner', which became a Scottish surname and from there a male given name. Behind the Name gives the Scottish and English surname as derived from Norman French waleis, 'foreigner, Celt, Welsh', a word of Germanic origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,915 people named Wallace, with a median age of 26. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro. Walace and Ualace spell the name with a single L, and Ualace replaces the initial W with U.

Other spellings of Wallace

SpellingPeople (2022)
Wallace43,915
Walace26,539
Ualace1,040

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Wallace · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Wallace · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Wallace · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ualace · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ualace

What does the name Ualace mean?

Ualace means “foreigner; nickname for a Welshman or Breton”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Wallace, of which Ualace is a spelling.

How many people are named Ualace in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,040 people with the first name Ualace, which ranks it number 8,068 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Ualace is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,034 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ualace?

Ualace is a name of English and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ualace most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Ualace (371 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ualace?

Wallace and Walace. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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