Meaning of the nameEstefane
- Female
- Es-te-fa-ne
Estefane is a Brazilian female name with the ending -ane, most often recorded among women born in the 2000s, also written Estephane and Esthefane.
Meaning
The meaning of Estefane 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)
- 25,970
- Rank in Brazil
- #902
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 29,947
- people
Estefane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Estefane, 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 (11,854 people).
25,702 women 268 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 Estefane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Estefane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 3,832 | 0.027% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,874 | 0.014% |
| São Paulo | 2,363 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 2,243 | 0.028% |
| Pernambuco | 1,807 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,536 | 0.010% |
| Maranhão | 1,494 | 0.022% |
| Amazonas | 1,280 | 0.033% |
| Ceará | 1,216 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 1,205 | 0.017% |
| Alagoas | 592 | 0.019% |
| Paraná | 479 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 477 | 0.014% |
| Sergipe | 462 | 0.021% |
| Distrito Federal | 457 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 446 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 440 | 0.011% |
| Santa Catarina | 401 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 356 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 334 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso | 316 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 314 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 311 | 0.021% |
| Acre | 228 | 0.028% |
| Roraima | 180 | 0.028% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 165 | 0.006% |
| Amapá | 162 | 0.022% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Estefane
The origin of the spellings of Estefane is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -ane as a female ending from the French -anne, found in names such as Cristiane and Viviane. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,970 people named Estefane, with a median age of 17. With the ending -i, the same dictionary records Estefani and spellings such as Estephani and Esthefani, with the same swaps of f for ph and of t for th that distinguish Estephane and Esthefane. The three spellings are almost always female, and almost all of the people were born from the 1990s onward.
Simple spelling, with f and t, and the most common in the group; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Other spellings of Estefane
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Estefani · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Estefane
What does the name Estefane mean?
The meaning of Estefane 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 Estefane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 25,970 people with the first name Estefane, which ranks it number 902 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Estefane a boy's or a girl's name?
Estefane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 25,702 women and 268 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Estefane most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.033% of the state's population is named Estefane (1,280 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Estefane?
Esthefane and Estephane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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