Meaning of the nameCauane

Female
Tupi origin
Cau-a-ne

Cauane is a spelling of the name Kauane.

Meaning

The meaning of Cauane 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): 13,058
Rank in Brazil: #1,410
Median age: 13 years
2010 Census: 15,929; people

Cauane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cauane, 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 (6,599 people).

12,866 women 192 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 Cauane is most common

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

Bahia 0.013%
Alagoas 0.011%
Pernambuco 0.010%
Rondônia 0.009%
Sergipe 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,274	0.005%
Bahia	1,896	0.013%
Paraná	899	0.008%
Pernambuco	890	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	868	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	827	0.005%
Pará	650	0.008%
Minas Gerais	647	0.003%
Santa Catarina	640	0.008%
Ceará	459	0.005%
Maranhão	427	0.006%
Goiás	360	0.005%
Alagoas	357	0.011%
Mato Grosso	217	0.006%
Amazonas	195	0.005%
Sergipe	191	0.009%
Paraíba	182	0.005%
Piauí	155	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	155	0.005%
Rondônia	141	0.009%
Distrito Federal	135	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	129	0.005%
Acre	98	0.012%
Espírito Santo	96	0.003%
Tocantins	72	0.005%
Amapá	62	0.008%
Roraima	36	0.006%

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

The spelling Cauane

It uses the initial C, the spelling that Wiktionary takes as the base form and links to Cauana.

About the name Kauane

Wiktionary records Kauane as a female name of Old Tupi origin and Brazilian use, an alternative spelling of Cauane, which in turn is given as a variant of Cauana; Kawany appears among the alternative forms. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,156 people named Kauane, with a median age of 14; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná. Cauane and Kawane are spellings of the same name, which differ in the initial letter or in the W.

Other spellings of Kauane

Spelling	People (2022)
Kauane	44,156
Cauane	13,058
Kawane	1,975

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cauane

What does the name Cauane mean?

The meaning of Cauane 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 Cauane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,058 people with the first name Cauane, which ranks it number 1,410 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Cauane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,866 women and 192 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cauane?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cauane most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.013% of the state's population is named Cauane (1,896 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cauane?

Kauane and Kawane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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