Total in the 2010 Census
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- Marcelo
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- 693 215
1 in every 275 Brazilians.
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how many people are named Marcelo in Brazil
Marcelo had 693,215 people in the 2010 IBGE Census, 1 in every 275 Brazilians. The largest group was born in the 1970s (224,990) and the state with the highest rate is Rio de Janeiro. The decade chart below already has Marcelo selected.
1 in every 275 Brazilians.
32% of all the name's records.
Ratio of 0.53.
1.53 times the Brazil average (363).
3,093 of 693,215.
The IBGE 2010 Census counted 11,734,129 people named Maria, about 1 in every 16 Brazilians. It is the most common name in the country. Next come José (5,754,529), Ana (3,089,858) and João (2,984,119). These totals add up all decades of birth.
Yes, very: with 693,215 people it is the 18th most common name in the 2010 Census, carried by 1 in every 275 Brazilians.
The birth peak was in the 1970s, with 224,990 people. The median, the point that splits the total in half, falls in the 1980s, which meant ages 20 to 30 in 2010.
Through 2009, falling: 118,215 born in the 1990s and 62,589 in the 2000s. The 2010 Census cannot see what came after, so this does not say whether the name rises or falls today.
In absolute numbers the biggest group lives in São Paulo, with 197,445 people, largely because the state is populous. Relative to population, the leader is Rio de Janeiro, with 557 per 100,000 inhabitants. The lowest rate is in Ceará, at 190.
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| Born in | João | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| before 1930 | 60,155 | 336,477 |
| 1930s | 141,772 | 749,053 |
| 1940s | 256,001 | 1,487,042 |
| 1950s | 396,438 | 2,476,482 |
| 1960s | 429,148 | 2,495,491 |
| 1970s | 279,975 | 1,616,019 |
| 1980s | 273,960 | 917,968 |
| 1990s | 352,552 | 544,296 |
| 2000s | 794,118 | 1,111,301 |
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People with the name per 100,000 inhabitants of each state.
| State | People | Per 100,000 | Vs. Brazil average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Norte (RN) | 72,363 | 2,284 | 1.46x |
| Paraíba (PB) | 73,799 | 1,959 | 1.25x |
| Piauí (PI) | 58,554 | 1,878 | 1.20x |
| Paraná (PR) | 195,430 | 1,871 | 1.20x |
| Goiás (GO) | 111,064 | 1,850 | 1.18x |
| Tocantins (TO) | 24,978 | 1,805 | 1.15x |
| Ceará (CE) | 148,903 | 1,762 | 1.13x |
| Mato Grosso (MT) | 51,608 | 1,700 | 1.09x |
| Minas Gerais (MG) | 330,303 | 1,685 | 1.08x |
| Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | 40,202 | 1,642 | 1.05x |
| Maranhão (MA) | 106,804 | 1,624 | 1.04x |
| Pernambuco (PE) | 137,344 | 1,561 | 1.00x |
| Rio Grande do Sul (RS) | 163,371 | 1,528 | 0.98x |
| Santa Catarina (SC) | 94,363 | 1,510 | 0.97x |
| Rondônia (RO) | 23,366 | 1,496 | 0.96x |
| Distrito Federal (DF) | 38,398 | 1,494 | 0.96x |
| São Paulo (SP) | 610,851 | 1,480 | 0.95x |
| Sergipe (SE) | 30,451 | 1,472 | 0.94x |
| Pará (PA) | 110,047 | 1,452 | 0.93x |
| Espírito Santo (ES) | 49,944 | 1,421 | 0.91x |
| Acre (AC) | 10,383 | 1,415 | 0.90x |
| Alagoas (AL) | 43,734 | 1,402 | 0.90x |
| Bahia (BA) | 193,925 | 1,384 | 0.88x |
| Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | 208,941 | 1,307 | 0.84x |
| Roraima (RR) | 5,664 | 1,257 | 0.80x |
| Amapá (AP) | 8,095 | 1,209 | 0.77x |
| Amazonas (AM) | 41,234 | 1,184 | 0.76x |
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2010. 2010 Census, by decade of birth through 2009. IBGE stores names without accents.