Meaning of the nameWemerson
- Male
- We-mer-son
Wemerson is a Brazilian masculine name with the ending -erson, which the Morfemário sees as a fragment of English names such as Jefferson; the beginning We- has an uncertain origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Wemerson 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)
- 18,118
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,133
- Median age
- 24 years
- 2010 Census
- 17,221
- people
Wemerson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wemerson, 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 (6,253 people).
101 women 18,017 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 Wemerson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Wemerson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.037%
- Tocantins 0.036%
- Alagoas 0.023%
- Minas Gerais 0.022%
- Goiás 0.021%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 4,503 | 0.022% |
| Maranhão | 2,493 | 0.037% |
| Pará | 1,538 | 0.019% |
| Goiás | 1,493 | 0.021% |
| Pernambuco | 1,083 | 0.012% |
| São Paulo | 963 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 838 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 709 | 0.023% |
| Espírito Santo | 661 | 0.017% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 623 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 540 | 0.036% |
| Mato Grosso | 483 | 0.013% |
| Piauí | 326 | 0.010% |
| Distrito Federal | 283 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 278 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 212 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 203 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 127 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 126 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 124 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 93 | 0.011% |
| Santa Catarina | 87 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 82 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 82 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 78 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 71 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 19 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Wemerson
Wemerson is a name used in Brazil, almost always male in the records, and most people with this name were born in the 1990s and 2000s. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -son as an English patronymic formative, 'son of', and -erson as a probable fragment of English given names such as Jefferson, citing Emerson and Anderson among the traditional names with this ending. The origin of the beginning We- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,118 people named Wemerson, with a median age of 24.
It is the most common spelling in the group, beginning with W; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Other spellings of Wemerson
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Wemerson | 18,118 |
| Uemerson | 1,564 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Wemerson
What does the name Wemerson mean?
The meaning of Wemerson 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 Wemerson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,118 people with the first name Wemerson, which ranks it number 1,133 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Wemerson a boy's or a girl's name?
Wemerson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 101 women and 18,017 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Wemerson most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.037% of the state's population is named Wemerson (2,493 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Wemerson?
Uemerson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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