Meaning of the nameCauana

Female
Tupi origin
Cau-a-na

Cauana is a spelling of the name Kauana.

Meaning

The meaning of Cauana 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): 2,003
Rank in Brazil: #5,114
Median age: 18 years
2010 Census: 3,327; people

Cauana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cauana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,056 people).

1,981 women 22 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 Cauana is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	348	0.003%
Bahia	295	0.002%
Santa Catarina	290	0.004%
Paraná	273	0.002%
São Paulo	271	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	65	0.000%
Minas Gerais	59	0.000%
Maranhão	46	0.001%
Pará	45	0.001%
Ceará	37	0.000%
Pernambuco	34	0.000%
Acre	28	0.003%
Mato Grosso	25	0.001%
Amazonas	23	0.001%
Goiás	20	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	18	0.001%
Espírito Santo	18	0.001%
Paraíba	16	0.000%
Rondônia	15	0.001%

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

The spelling Cauana

It uses an initial C, the spelling of the Wiktionary entry. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

About the name Kauana

Wiktionary describes Cauana as a female name from Old Tupi, used in Brazil, without giving an etymology. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Cauana among the spelling variants of Kauana. The meaning of the name is uncertain. It is almost always a female name, given mostly to people born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,967 people named Kauana, with a median age of 19. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Other spellings of Kauana

Spelling	People (2022)
Kauana	6,967
Cauana	2,003

Sources

Wiktionary: Cauana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kauana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cauana

What does the name Cauana mean?

The meaning of Cauana 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 Cauana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,003 people with the first name Cauana, which ranks it number 5,114 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Cauana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,981 women and 22 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cauana?

Cauana is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cauana most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.004% of the state's population is named Cauana (290 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cauana?

Kauana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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