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Meaning of the nameSuelane

Suelane is a Brazilian female name ending in -lane, an element of Gislane and Marilane; its origin and meaning are not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Suelane 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)
2,399
Rank in Brazil
#4,534
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
2,489
people

Suelane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Suelane, 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 (789 people).

2,384 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 Suelane is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.005%
  2. Amazonas 0.005%
  3. Piauí 0.004%
  4. Pará 0.003%
  5. Bahia 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco4380.005%
Bahia2930.002%
Pará2100.003%
Amazonas1800.005%
Minas Gerais1640.001%
Rio de Janeiro1360.001%
Maranhão1360.002%
São Paulo1300.000%
Piauí1190.004%
Ceará1140.001%
Goiás880.001%
Paraíba810.002%
Alagoas560.002%
Tocantins480.003%
Sergipe360.002%
Rio Grande do Norte250.001%
Distrito Federal240.001%
Espírito Santo220.001%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Roraima160.003%

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

About the name Suelane

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists -lane in names such as Gislane, Marilane and Edilane and says the origin of the element is uncertain, perhaps from the English personal name Lanie or from the French -ane with the linking consonant -l-. The origin of the name Suelane as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,399 people named Suelane, with a median age of 32, almost all of them female. Most were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Suelane

What does the name Suelane mean?

The meaning of Suelane 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 Suelane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,399 people with the first name Suelane, which ranks it number 4,534 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Suelane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,384 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Suelane most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.005% of the state's population is named Suelane (438 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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