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Meaning of the nameKawane

Kawane is a spelling of the name Kauane.

Meaning

The meaning of Kawane 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)
1,975
Rank in Brazil
#5,158
Median age
16 years
2010 Census
1,234
people

Kawane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kawane, 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 (1,149 people).

1,953 women 22 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 Kawane is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.004%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Paraná4560.004%
São Paulo4200.001%
Maranhão1500.002%
Minas Gerais1000.001%
Pernambuco990.001%
Rio de Janeiro870.001%
Pará800.001%
Alagoas650.002%
Goiás640.001%
Bahia620.000%
Mato Grosso520.001%
Piauí440.001%
Ceará340.000%
Paraíba320.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul320.001%
Sergipe310.001%
Rondônia270.002%
Tocantins250.002%
Rio Grande do Norte230.001%
Santa Catarina190.000%
Rio Grande do Sul160.000%
Amazonas150.000%
Distrito Federal150.001%

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

The spelling Kawane

It writes the sound of the second syllable with a W and is the least recorded spelling in the group; Wiktionary records the close form Kawany.

About the name Kauane

Wiktionary records Kauane as a female name of Old Tupi origin and Brazilian use, an alternative spelling of Cauane, which in turn is given as a variant of Cauana; Kawany appears among the alternative forms. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,156 people named Kauane, with a median age of 14; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná. Cauane and Kawane are spellings of the same name, which differ in the initial letter or in the W.

Other spellings of Kauane

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kauane44,156
Cauane13,058
Kawane1,975

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Kauane · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Cauane · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kauane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kawane

What does the name Kawane mean?

The meaning of Kawane 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 Kawane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,975 people with the first name Kawane, which ranks it number 5,158 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kawane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,953 women and 22 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kawane?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kawane most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.004% of the state's population is named Kawane (456 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kawane?

Kauane and Cauane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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