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Meaning of the nameUdson

Udson is a spelling of the name Hudson.

Meaning

The meaning of Udson 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)
4,022
Rank in Brazil
#3,177
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
5,454
people

Udson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Udson, 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 (1,044 people).

0 women 4,009 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 Udson is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.006%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
  3. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  5. Bahia 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais7210.004%
Bahia4790.003%
São Paulo4290.001%
Rio de Janeiro4150.003%
Espírito Santo2090.006%
Goiás1880.003%
Maranhão1820.003%
Pará1530.002%
Paraná1390.001%
Rio Grande do Norte1280.004%
Amazonas1240.003%
Mato Grosso1110.003%
Distrito Federal1030.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul990.004%
Rondônia820.005%
Santa Catarina810.001%
Ceará670.001%
Pernambuco520.001%
Tocantins460.003%
Acre450.005%
Piauí320.001%
Paraíba290.001%
Sergipe280.001%
Alagoas270.001%
Rio Grande do Sul240.000%
Roraima170.003%

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

The spelling Udson

Spelling without the initial H, which is not pronounced; the origin of this form is uncertain and, proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

About the name Hudson

According to Wiktionary, Hudson is an English surname formed from Hudd and the suffix -son, also used as a male given name. Behind the Name explains it as 'son of Hudde', and Wiktionary links Hudd to a medieval given name derived from Hugh. The suffix -son, 'son of', is described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which lists several Brazilian names with this ending. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,174 people named Hudson, with a median age of 29. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Other spellings of Hudson

SpellingPeople (2022)
Hudson25,174
Udson4,022

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Hudd · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Udson

What does the name Udson mean?

The meaning of Udson 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 Udson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,022 people with the first name Udson, which ranks it number 3,177 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Udson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,009 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Udson most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.006% of the state's population is named Udson (209 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Udson?

Hudson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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