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Meaning of the nameKawany

Kawany is a spelling of the name Kauany.

Meaning

The meaning of Kawany is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,136
Rank in Brazil
#4,890
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
1,050
people

Kawany in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kawany, 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 (1,221 people).

2,108 women 28 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 Kawany is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.002%
  2. São Paulo 0.002%
  3. Pernambuco 0.001%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6860.002%
Paraná2510.002%
Rio de Janeiro1380.001%
Pernambuco1290.001%
Minas Gerais1280.001%
Goiás890.001%
Mato Grosso800.002%
Maranhão650.001%
Pará580.001%
Paraíba550.001%
Bahia520.000%
Piauí470.001%
Alagoas460.002%
Rondônia370.002%
Santa Catarina320.000%
Rio Grande do Norte320.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul320.001%
Rio Grande do Sul310.000%
Ceará290.000%
Tocantins240.002%
Espírito Santo230.001%
Distrito Federal210.001%
Sergipe160.001%

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

The spelling Kawany

The spelling with W, the only one in the group that Wiktionary records, as a name of Old Tupi origin.

About the name Kauany

Wiktionary records Kawany as a female name used in Brazil, coming from Old Tupi, and gives Cauana, Cauane and Kauane as alternative spellings, without indicating the meaning. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Cauani and Kauani among the spelling variants of Kauane. The meaning of the name is uncertain. The spellings differ in the initial K or C, in W instead of U, and in the ending in -y, -i or -ny; all are almost always female and concentrated among people born from the 2000s onward. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,288 people named Kauany, with a median age of 12.

Other spellings of Kauany

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kauany17,288
Kauani6,155
Kauanny5,238
Kawany2,136
Cauani2,028

Sources

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

Questions about the name Kawany

What does the name Kawany mean?

The meaning of Kawany is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Kawany in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,136 people with the first name Kawany, which ranks it number 4,890 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Kawany is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,108 women and 28 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kawany?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kawany most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Kawany (251 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kawany?

Kauany, Kauani, Kauanny and Cauani. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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