Meaning of the nameClaudevan
- Male
- Clau-de-van
Claudevan is a Brazilian male name ending in -van, an element of uncertain origin according to the Morfemário.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,114 people named Claudevan, the 4,918th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 36, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.
Meaning
The meaning of Claudevan 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)
- 2,114
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,918
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,342
- people
Claudevan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Claudevan, 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 (706 people).
0 women 2,099 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 Claudevan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Claudevan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Alagoas 0.029%
- Sergipe 0.006%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Alagoas | 915 | 0.029% |
| São Paulo | 276 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 177 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 140 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 91 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 60 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 55 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 53 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 52 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 44 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 33 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 32 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 29 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 22 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 19 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 16 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Claudevan
The ending -van appears in Brazilian names such as Denivan, Josivan, Marivan and Ronivan and, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), has a doubtful origin: perhaps it is a hypocoristic of the formative -vando, or a fragment of the name Ivan, of Russian origin. The origin of Claudevan as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,114 people named Claudevan, with a median age of 36. It is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-van) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Claudevan
What does the name Claudevan mean?
The meaning of Claudevan 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 Claudevan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,114 people with the first name Claudevan, which ranks it number 4,918 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Claudevan a boy's or a girl's name?
Claudevan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,099 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Claudevan most common?
Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.029% of the state's population is named Claudevan (915 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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