Meaning of the nameCarliana
- Female
- Car-li-a-na
Carliana is a Brazilian female name ending in -ana, a very productive feminine suffix in name formation, with no documented origin for its spelling.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,000 people named Carliana, the 8,291st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 32, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Carliana 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)
- 1,000
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,291
- Median age
- 32 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,072
- people
Carliana in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Carliana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (400 people).
992 women 0 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 Carliana is most common
States with the highest share of people named Carliana in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 155 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 133 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 94 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 83 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 69 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 66 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 63 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 53 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 48 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 39 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 34 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 21 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Carliana
Carliana is a female name used in Brazil. The exact origin of the spelling is uncertain. It ends in -ana, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes as a feminine formative that comes from Latin -ana, 'originating from, belonging to', and which the dictionary considers one of the most productive in the language. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,000 people named Carliana, with a median age of 32. It is almost always female and is concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Carliana
What does the name Carliana mean?
The meaning of Carliana 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 Carliana in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,000 people with the first name Carliana, which ranks it number 8,291 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Carliana a boy's or a girl's name?
Carliana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 992 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Carliana most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Carliana (133 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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