Meaning of the nameEstafane
- Female
- Es-ta-fa-ne
Estafane is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin that ends in -ane and resembles Estefânia and Estéfani.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,391 people named Estafane, the 6,604th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 17, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Estafane 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)
- 1,391
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,604
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 995
- people
Estafane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Estafane, 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 (629 people).
1,376 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 Estafane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Estafane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Pará 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 187 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 142 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 137 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 128 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 110 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 89 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 80 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 70 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 65 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 44 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 42 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 34 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 32 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 28 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 22 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 18 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 18 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 16 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 16 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 16 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Estafane
The origin of Estafane is uncertain. Behind the Name lists Estefânia and Estéfani, the latter as a Brazilian Portuguese form, among the forms of Stephanie, but it does not mention Estafane. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ane as a feminine formative from the French -anne, which reached greater popularity from the 1950s onward. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,391 people named Estafane, with a median age of 17. It is almost always a female name, and most of these people were born in the 2000s and 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Stephanie · behindthename.com · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Estafane
What does the name Estafane mean?
The meaning of Estafane 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 Estafane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,391 people with the first name Estafane, which ranks it number 6,604 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Estafane a boy's or a girl's name?
Estafane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,376 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Estafane most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.001% of the state's population is named Estafane (128 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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