Meaning of the nameEstephane
- Female
- Es-te-pha-ne
Estephane is a spelling of the name Estefane.
Meaning
The meaning of Estephane 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)
- 1,604
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,985
- Median age
- 19 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,174
- people
Estephane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Estephane, 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 (704 people).
1,597 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 Estephane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Estephane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 247 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 210 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 163 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 156 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 119 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 108 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 83 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 69 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 48 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 42 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 41 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 40 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 40 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 33 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 28 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 25 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 23 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Estephane
Spelling with ph in place of f; proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
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.
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 Estephane
What does the name Estephane mean?
The meaning of Estephane 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 Estephane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,604 people with the first name Estephane, which ranks it number 5,985 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Estephane a boy's or a girl's name?
Estephane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,597 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Estephane most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Estephane (119 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Estephane?
Estefane and Esthefane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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