Meaning of the nameFabiano

Male
Latin origin
Fa-bi-a-no

Fabiano is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Fabianus, derived from the Roman family name Fabius, which is linked to Latin faba, 'bean'.

Meaning

“'belonging to Fabius', a Roman family name derived from faba, 'bean'”

Source: Wiktionary: Fabianus · Wiktionary: Fabius

People (2022): 143,856
Rank in Brazil: #235
Median age: 39 years
2010 Census: 159,150; people

Fabiano in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fabiano, 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 (64,728 people).

830 women 143,026 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 Fabiano is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	32,301	0.073%
Minas Gerais	16,197	0.079%
Rio de Janeiro	15,600	0.097%
Rio Grande do Sul	14,229	0.131%
Paraná	9,602	0.084%
Santa Catarina	8,642	0.114%
Bahia	6,642	0.047%
Pernambuco	4,758	0.053%
Ceará	3,793	0.043%
Paraíba	3,547	0.089%
Espírito Santo	3,517	0.092%
Goiás	3,256	0.046%
Pará	2,933	0.036%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,305	0.070%
Maranhão	2,287	0.034%
Mato Grosso	2,162	0.059%
Amazonas	2,035	0.052%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,923	0.070%
Alagoas	1,817	0.058%
Distrito Federal	1,571	0.056%
Piauí	1,394	0.043%
Sergipe	1,129	0.051%
Rondônia	933	0.059%
Tocantins	463	0.031%
Acre	324	0.039%
Roraima	254	0.040%
Amapá	242	0.033%

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

About the name Fabiano

Fabiano is a learned borrowing from Latin Fabianus, according to Wiktionary. Fabianus is formed from Fabius, a Roman family name, with the suffix -ānus, and means 'belonging to Fabius'; Fabius, in turn, comes from faba, 'bean'. Behind the Name gives Fabiano as the Portuguese and Italian form of Fabian, from the Roman cognomen Fabianus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 143,856 people named Fabiano, with a median age of 39, most of them born in the 1970s and 1980s; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Fabiano · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Fabianus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Fabius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Fabian · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Fabiano

What does the name Fabiano mean?

Fabiano means “'belonging to Fabius', a Roman family name derived from faba, 'bean'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Fabiano in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 143,856 people with the first name Fabiano, which ranks it number 235 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Fabiano a boy's or a girl's name?

Fabiano is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 830 women and 143,026 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Fabiano?

Fabiano is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Fabiano most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.131% of the state's population is named Fabiano (14,229 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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