Meaning of the nameSuane
- Female
- Su-a-ne
Suane is a feminine Brazilian name of uncertain origin, ending in -ane, an ending that the Morfemário attributes to the French -anne.
Meaning
The meaning of Suane 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)
- 3,583
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,449
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,662
- people
Suane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Suane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,325 people).
3,555 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 Suane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Suane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 926 | 0.011% |
| Bahia | 458 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 342 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 314 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 218 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 180 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 158 | 0.000% |
| Amapá | 153 | 0.021% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 148 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 103 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 75 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 56 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 54 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 44 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 41 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 41 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 34 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 34 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 33 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 33 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 25 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 22 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 22 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 21 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 21 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Suane
The origin of Suane as a given name is uncertain. The ending -ane appears in many feminine Brazilian names, such as Luciane, Juliane and Taiane, and the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains it as coming from the French -anne. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,583 people named Suane, almost always women, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ANE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Suane
What does the name Suane mean?
The meaning of Suane 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 Suane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,583 people with the first name Suane, which ranks it number 3,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Suane a boy's or a girl's name?
Suane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,555 women and 28 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Suane most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.021% of the state's population is named Suane (153 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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