Meaning of the nameEstêvão

Estêvão is a male name that comes from Latin Stephanus and Greek Stéphanos, 'crown', and is the Portuguese equivalent of Stephen.

Meaning

“crown (from Greek stéphanos)”

Source: Wiktionary: Estêvão · Behind the Name: Stephen

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People (2022): 22,304
Rank in Brazil: #992
Median age: 15 years
2010 Census: 16,421; people

Estêvão in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Estêvão, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (5,883 people).

137 women 22,167 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 Estêvão is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.043%
Amazonas 0.020%
Rondônia 0.017%
Acre 0.015%
Distrito Federal 0.014%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,579	0.008%
Minas Gerais	2,856	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	2,264	0.014%
Espírito Santo	1,639	0.043%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,350	0.012%
Bahia	1,317	0.009%
Goiás	964	0.014%
Paraná	951	0.008%
Pará	881	0.011%
Amazonas	768	0.020%
Ceará	721	0.008%
Santa Catarina	707	0.009%
Pernambuco	684	0.008%
Maranhão	616	0.009%
Mato Grosso	471	0.013%
Distrito Federal	406	0.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul	381	0.014%
Piauí	329	0.010%
Rondônia	271	0.017%
Paraíba	231	0.006%
Alagoas	205	0.007%
Tocantins	205	0.014%
Rio Grande do Norte	135	0.004%
Acre	120	0.015%
Amapá	98	0.013%
Roraima	85	0.013%
Sergipe	70	0.003%

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

About the name Estêvão

Wiktionary derives Estêvão from Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus and Greek Stéphanos, from stéphanos, 'crown'; Behind the Name glosses the Greek word as 'crown, garland'. It is the name of the Christian protomartyr in the Acts of the Apostles, and, according to Behind the Name, devotion to Saint Stephen spread the name throughout the Christian world. The name is almost always male and grew among people born from the 2000s on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,304 people named Estêvão, with a median age of 15; proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.

Sources

Wiktionary: Estêvão · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Stephen · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Estevão · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Estêvão

What does the name Estêvão mean?

Estêvão means “crown (from Greek stéphanos)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Estêvão in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 22,304 people with the first name Estêvão, which ranks it number 992 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Estêvão a boy's or a girl's name?

Estêvão is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 137 women and 22,167 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Estêvão?

Estêvão is a name of Greek and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Estêvão most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.043% of the state's population is named Estêvão (1,639 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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