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Meaning of the nameKawan

Kawan 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 Kawan is a spelling.

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

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People (2022)
6,346
Rank in Brazil
#2,321
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
4,036
people

Kawan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kawan, 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 (3,843 people).

62 women 6,284 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 Kawan is most common

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

  1. Piauí 0.007%
  2. Maranhão 0.006%
  3. Goiás 0.006%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.006%
  5. Paraná 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,6120.004%
Minas Gerais6140.003%
Paraná5060.004%
Rio de Janeiro4740.003%
Goiás4090.006%
Maranhão4070.006%
Pernambuco3090.003%
Bahia2350.002%
Piauí2140.007%
Mato Grosso2110.006%
Pará1640.002%
Espírito Santo1460.004%
Paraíba1190.003%
Alagoas1180.004%
Ceará1050.001%
Tocantins980.007%
Santa Catarina880.001%
Rio Grande do Norte790.002%
Sergipe730.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul710.003%
Distrito Federal690.002%
Rondônia610.004%
Rio Grande do Sul500.001%
Amazonas490.001%
Acre340.004%
Roraima220.004%

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

The spelling Kawan

Writes the u sound with W and ends in -an.

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 Kawan

What does the name Kawan mean?

Kawan 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 Kawan is a spelling.

How many people are named Kawan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,346 people with the first name Kawan, which ranks it number 2,321 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kawan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 62 women and 6,284 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kawan?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kawan most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.007% of the state's population is named Kawan (214 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kawan?

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

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