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Meaning of the nameCauani

Cauani is a spelling of the name Kauany.

Meaning

The meaning of Cauani 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)
2,028
Rank in Brazil
#5,068
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
4,384
people

Cauani in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cauani, 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 (1,071 people).

1,978 women 50 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 Cauani is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5720.001%
Santa Catarina1990.003%
Rio Grande do Sul1870.002%
Paraná1630.001%
Rio de Janeiro1340.001%
Minas Gerais1040.001%
Bahia960.001%
Pernambuco840.001%
Mato Grosso830.002%
Pará590.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul530.002%
Goiás440.001%
Espírito Santo430.001%
Ceará320.000%
Rondônia260.002%
Maranhão230.000%
Alagoas230.001%
Paraíba170.000%

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

The spelling Cauani

The only spelling in the group written with C; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the variants of Kauane.

About the name Kauany

Wiktionary records Kawany as a female name used in Brazil, coming from Old Tupi, and gives Cauana, Cauane and Kauane as alternative spellings, without indicating the meaning. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Cauani and Kauani among the spelling variants of Kauane. The meaning of the name is uncertain. The spellings differ in the initial K or C, in W instead of U, and in the ending in -y, -i or -ny; all are almost always female and concentrated among people born from the 2000s onward. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,288 people named Kauany, with a median age of 12.

Other spellings of Kauany

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kauany17,288
Kauani6,155
Kauanny5,238
Kawany2,136
Cauani2,028

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cauani

What does the name Cauani mean?

The meaning of Cauani 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 Cauani in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,028 people with the first name Cauani, which ranks it number 5,068 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Cauani is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,978 women and 50 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Cauani most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.003% of the state's population is named Cauani (199 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cauani?

Kauany, Kauani, Kauanny and Kawany. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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