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Meaning of the nameAlane

Alane is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, also spelled Alanne or Halane.

Meaning

The meaning of Alane 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)
13,140
Rank in Brazil
#1,406
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
12,636
people

Alane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alane, 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 (4,507 people).

13,033 women 107 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 Alane is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.025%
  2. Paraíba 0.022%
  3. Bahia 0.019%
  4. Alagoas 0.019%
  5. Piauí 0.017%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2,6760.019%
Pernambuco1,4120.016%
São Paulo9480.002%
Ceará8650.010%
Paraíba8560.022%
Rio Grande do Norte8330.025%
Maranhão8110.012%
Minas Gerais7130.004%
Pará6290.008%
Alagoas5920.019%
Piauí5400.017%
Rio de Janeiro3560.002%
Goiás3200.005%
Sergipe2720.012%
Paraná2540.002%
Distrito Federal2080.007%
Espírito Santo1340.004%
Tocantins1170.008%
Santa Catarina1090.001%
Amazonas1040.003%
Mato Grosso1030.003%
Rio Grande do Sul760.001%
Acre550.007%
Roraima450.007%
Amapá420.006%
Rondônia400.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%

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

About the name Alane

The origin of the name Alane is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists the spelling variants Alanne and Halane. It is a recent name, of women born mostly from the 1980s on, with the most records in the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,140 people named Alane, almost always female, with a median age of 23. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alane

What does the name Alane mean?

The meaning of Alane 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 Alane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,140 people with the first name Alane, which ranks it number 1,406 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Alane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 13,033 women and 107 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Alane most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.025% of the state's population is named Alane (833 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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