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Meaning of the nameWarlison

Warlison is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -son, an element of English origin, and IBGE shows it mostly in people born in the 1990s and 2000s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,085 people named Warlison, the 7,815th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 22, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Warlison is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,085
Rank in Brazil
#7,815
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
1,186
people

Warlison in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Warlison, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (344 people).

0 women 1,079 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 Warlison is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.004%
  2. Maranhão 0.004%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3060.004%
Maranhão2550.004%
Minas Gerais1380.001%
Amazonas580.002%
Goiás410.001%
Bahia390.000%
Espírito Santo350.001%
Roraima290.005%
Rio de Janeiro230.000%
Ceará220.000%
Amapá180.003%
Mato Grosso160.000%

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

About the name Warlison

The exact origin of Warlison is uncertain. The ending -son appears in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a masculine element from the English -son, 'son of', found in names such as Clebson and Adalson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,085 people named Warlison, with a median age of 22. The name is almost always male. Most of the people were born in the 1990s and 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Warlison

What does the name Warlison mean?

The meaning of Warlison is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Warlison in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,085 people with the first name Warlison, which ranks it number 7,815 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Warlison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,079 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Warlison most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Warlison (306 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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