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Meaning of the nameKauã

Kauã is a spelling of the name Cauã, which means “Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”.

Meaning

“Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”

Meaning of the name Cauã, of which Kauã is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Cauã · Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi)

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People (2022)
113,881
Rank in Brazil
#284
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
58,155
people

Kauã in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kauã, 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 (58,874 people).

1,096 women 112,785 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 Kauã is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.083%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.074%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.074%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.063%
  5. Goiás 0.063%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo26,5530.060%
Rio de Janeiro13,2860.083%
Minas Gerais12,8990.063%
Rio Grande do Sul8,0740.074%
Paraná6,0180.053%
Bahia5,4680.039%
Pernambuco4,7680.053%
Santa Catarina4,4400.058%
Goiás4,4160.063%
Pará3,4580.043%
Espírito Santo2,8450.074%
Ceará2,7000.031%
Paraíba2,2270.056%
Maranhão2,2130.033%
Amazonas1,9580.050%
Mato Grosso1,8900.052%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,6290.059%
Alagoas1,5670.050%
Distrito Federal1,5150.054%
Rio Grande do Norte1,2870.039%
Sergipe1,2050.055%
Piauí9110.028%
Rondônia8080.051%
Tocantins7190.048%
Amapá3990.054%
Acre3580.043%
Roraima2700.042%

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

The spelling Kauã

Uses K in place of C and keeps the tilde of Cauã.

About the name Cauã

Cauã comes from the Old Tupi kaûã, the name of the acauã (Herpetotheres cachinnans), a bird of prey. Wiktionary records the origin of the Tupi word itself as unknown, cites Navarro (2013) and lists Cauã as an etymological doublet of acauã. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 92,215 people named Cauã, most of them born in the 2000s. Kauã, Kauan, Cauan and Kawan write the same sound with K or W and with -ã or -an at the end.

Other spellings of Cauã

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kauan158,399
Kauã113,881
Cauã92,215
Cauan58,718
Kawan6,346

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cauã · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: kaûã (Old Tupi) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: acauã · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Kauã · behindthename.com · spelling
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cauã · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kauã

What does the name Kauã mean?

Kauã means “Tupi name of the acauã, a bird of prey (Herpetotheres cachinnans)”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Cauã, of which Kauã is a spelling.

How many people are named Kauã in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 113,881 people with the first name Kauã, which ranks it number 284 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Kauã a boy's or a girl's name?

Kauã is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,096 women and 112,785 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kauã?

Kauã is a name of Tupi origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kauã most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.083% of the state's population is named Kauã (13,286 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kauã?

Kauan, Cauã, Cauan and Kawan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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