Meaning of the nameKauana

Female
Tupi origin
Kau-a-na

Kauana is a Brazilian female name, of Tupi origin according to Wiktionary, also written Cauana; the meaning is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Kauana 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): 6,967
Rank in Brazil: #2,173
Median age: 19 years
2010 Census: 5,758; people

Kauana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kauana, 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 (3,553 people).

6,908 women 59 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 Kauana is most common

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

Paraná 0.015%
Santa Catarina 0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.009%
Mato Grosso 0.004%
Bahia 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Paraná	1,691	0.015%
Santa Catarina	1,003	0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul	987	0.009%
São Paulo	887	0.002%
Bahia	518	0.004%
Maranhão	228	0.003%
Pará	180	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	171	0.001%
Minas Gerais	151	0.001%
Ceará	146	0.002%
Mato Grosso	143	0.004%
Pernambuco	117	0.001%
Goiás	108	0.002%
Piauí	92	0.003%
Amazonas	63	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	63	0.002%
Paraíba	62	0.002%
Tocantins	61	0.004%
Acre	52	0.006%
Rondônia	49	0.003%
Espírito Santo	48	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	40	0.001%
Alagoas	34	0.001%
Distrito Federal	29	0.001%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Amapá	17	0.002%

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

About the name Kauana

Wiktionary describes Cauana as a female name from Old Tupi, used in Brazil, without giving an etymology. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Cauana among the spelling variants of Kauana. The meaning of the name is uncertain. It is almost always a female name, given mostly to people born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,967 people named Kauana, with a median age of 19. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

It uses an initial K and is the most recorded spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Kauana

Spelling	People (2022)
Kauana	6,967
Cauana	2,003

Sources

Wiktionary: Cauana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kauana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kauana

What does the name Kauana mean?

The meaning of Kauana 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 Kauana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,967 people with the first name Kauana, which ranks it number 2,173 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kauana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,908 women and 59 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kauana?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kauana most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.015% of the state's population is named Kauana (1,691 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kauana?

Cauana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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