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Meaning of the nameWalace

Walace 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 Walace is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Wallace · Behind the Name: Wallace

People (2022)
26,539
Rank in Brazil
#890
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
28,427
people

Walace in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Walace, 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 (8,094 people).

192 women 26,347 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 Walace is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.049%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.040%
  3. Pará 0.024%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.020%
  5. Amapá 0.018%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro6,4150.040%
Minas Gerais4,0230.020%
São Paulo4,0210.009%
Bahia1,9100.014%
Pará1,9070.024%
Espírito Santo1,8620.049%
Pernambuco7650.008%
Maranhão6610.010%
Goiás6590.009%
Paraná5290.005%
Amazonas4670.012%
Ceará3150.004%
Distrito Federal3150.011%
Rio Grande do Norte2850.009%
Sergipe2820.013%
Mato Grosso2810.008%
Rio Grande do Sul2730.003%
Santa Catarina2680.004%
Paraíba2120.005%
Alagoas1990.006%
Piauí1880.006%
Rondônia1810.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul1520.006%
Amapá1300.018%
Roraima970.015%
Tocantins940.006%
Acre480.006%

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

The spelling Walace

It writes the L only once, keeping the initial W.

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 Walace

What does the name Walace mean?

Walace 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 Walace is a spelling.

How many people are named Walace in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 26,539 people with the first name Walace, which ranks it number 890 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Walace is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 192 women and 26,347 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Walace?

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

In which Brazilian state is Walace most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.049% of the state's population is named Walace (1,862 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Walace?

Wallace and Ualace. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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