Meaning of the nameVanderson
- Male
- Van-der-son
Vanderson is a Brazilian male name formed from Vander- and the English-origin ending -son, most often recorded among people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
Meaning
The meaning of Vanderson 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)
- 30,159
- Rank in Brazil
- #821
- Median age
- 29 years
- 2010 Census
- 32,526
- people
Vanderson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vanderson, 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 (9,132 people).
151 women 30,008 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 Vanderson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vanderson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.029%
- Pará 0.028%
- Amazonas 0.028%
- Mato Grosso 0.026%
- Espírito Santo 0.026%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,128 | 0.012% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,736 | 0.023% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,801 | 0.014% |
| Pará | 2,247 | 0.028% |
| Bahia | 1,906 | 0.014% |
| Paraná | 1,653 | 0.014% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,362 | 0.013% |
| Pernambuco | 1,152 | 0.013% |
| Amazonas | 1,090 | 0.028% |
| Espírito Santo | 979 | 0.026% |
| Santa Catarina | 969 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 946 | 0.014% |
| Mato Grosso | 945 | 0.026% |
| Ceará | 861 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 655 | 0.009% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 614 | 0.022% |
| Alagoas | 584 | 0.019% |
| Rondônia | 461 | 0.029% |
| Sergipe | 356 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 350 | 0.011% |
| Paraíba | 334 | 0.008% |
| Distrito Federal | 273 | 0.010% |
| Piauí | 248 | 0.008% |
| Amapá | 148 | 0.020% |
| Tocantins | 139 | 0.009% |
| Acre | 117 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 105 | 0.017% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vanderson
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Vanderson as Vander- + -son. According to the same dictionary's morpheme list, -son comes from English, where it is a patronymic formative meaning 'son of', as in Anderson and Jefferson, and Vanderson appears among Brazilian names with the ending -erson, probably taken from Jefferson. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,159 people named Vanderson, with a median age of 29. The dictionary lists Vandersom and Vanderssom as spelling variants, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanderson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Vanderson
What does the name Vanderson mean?
The meaning of Vanderson 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 Vanderson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,159 people with the first name Vanderson, which ranks it number 821 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Vanderson a boy's or a girl's name?
Vanderson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 151 women and 30,008 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Vanderson most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.029% of the state's population is named Vanderson (461 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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