Meaning of the nameRoseana
- Female
- Ro-se-a-na
Roseana is a Brazilian female name whose beginning recalls names with Rose-, from Rosa, and whose ending is the formative -ana, of Latin origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Roseana 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)
- 4,385
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,006
- Median age
- 39 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,183
- people
Roseana in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Roseana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,319 people).
4,374 women 0 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 Roseana is most common
States with the highest share of people named Roseana in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.013%
- Piauí 0.005%
- Alagoas 0.005%
- Pernambuco 0.004%
- Paraíba 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 902 | 0.013% |
| São Paulo | 550 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 378 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 271 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 267 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 259 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 236 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 148 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 142 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 141 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 116 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 115 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 113 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 105 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 105 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 93 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 91 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 72 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 63 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 57 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 38 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 35 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 32 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 16 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Roseana
The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes Rose- as a fragment of Rosa or Rose, names that come from Latin and mean 'rose', and -ana as the feminine of the Latin suffix -anu, 'originating from, belonging to'. Roseana does not appear in the lists of these two formatives, and the exact formation of the name is not documented. The dictionary lists Roseanna and Rozeana as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,385 people named Roseana, with a median age of 39. Most were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Roseana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Roseana
What does the name Roseana mean?
The meaning of Roseana 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 Roseana in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,385 people with the first name Roseana, which ranks it number 3,006 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Roseana a boy's or a girl's name?
Roseana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,374 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Roseana most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.013% of the state's population is named Roseana (902 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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