Meaning of the nameAllan

Allan is a spelling of the name Alan.

Meaning

The meaning of Allan 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): 46,920
Rank in Brazil: #590
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 30,934; people

Allan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Allan, 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 (14,422 people).

338 women 46,582 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 Allan is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.036%
Paraná 0.034%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.034%
Paraíba 0.030%
Pernambuco 0.030%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	12,406	0.028%
Rio de Janeiro	5,820	0.036%
Paraná	3,922	0.034%
Minas Gerais	3,560	0.017%
Pernambuco	2,701	0.030%
Bahia	1,786	0.013%
Santa Catarina	1,715	0.023%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,698	0.016%
Pará	1,541	0.019%
Paraíba	1,204	0.030%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,126	0.034%
Goiás	1,112	0.016%
Ceará	1,015	0.012%
Mato Grosso	937	0.026%
Maranhão	853	0.013%
Espírito Santo	849	0.022%
Amazonas	800	0.020%
Alagoas	645	0.021%
Distrito Federal	645	0.023%
Sergipe	634	0.029%
Mato Grosso do Sul	623	0.023%
Piauí	414	0.013%
Rondônia	329	0.021%
Tocantins	204	0.014%
Acre	137	0.017%
Amapá	122	0.017%
Roraima	122	0.019%

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

The spelling Allan

It doubles the L; Wiktionary describes it as a less common spelling of the English Alan.

About the name Alan

Wiktionary records Alan as a borrowing from English Alan without adaptation and links the English name to the Old Breton Alan, of debated origin and meaning, brought to England by the Normans. Behind the Name also says the meaning is not known for certain: the name may be of Brittonic origin, with the sense of 'little rock', or come from the name of the Alans, an Iranian people; Wiktionary adds a possible link with the Irish ail, 'noble'. Wiktionary lists Alano as a related term in Portuguese and compares the name to the French Alain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 203,321 people named Alan, with a median age of 26. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in Amapá.

Other spellings of Alan

Spelling	People (2022)
Alan	203,321
Allan	46,920

Sources

Wiktionary: Alan · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Alan · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Allan · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Allan

What does the name Allan mean?

The meaning of Allan 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 Allan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 46,920 people with the first name Allan, which ranks it number 590 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Allan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 338 women and 46,582 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Allan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Allan most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.036% of the state's population is named Allan (5,820 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Allan?

Alan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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