Meaning of the nameTauan
- Male
- Tau-an
Tauan is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, which spread among those born from the 1990s on, in the spellings Tauan, Thauan and Tawan.
Meaning
The meaning of Tauan 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)
- 8,326
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,934
- Median age
- 16 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,419
- people
Tauan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tauan, 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 (3,857 people).
119 women 8,207 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 Tauan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tauan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.015%
- Sergipe 0.010%
- Alagoas 0.008%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.005%
- Maranhão 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 2,119 | 0.015% |
| São Paulo | 1,128 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 843 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 611 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 367 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 366 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 340 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 244 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 227 | 0.010% |
| Pará | 221 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 202 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 199 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 181 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 173 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 157 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 156 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 146 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 106 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 98 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 90 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 89 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 78 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 58 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 51 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 37 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 28 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Tauan
The origin of Tauan is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Tauan with the spelling variants Tahuan, Tauam, Thahuam, Thauan and Thauann. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,326 people named Tauan, with a median age of 16. In all three spellings, almost all records are of people born from the 1990s on and the name is almost always male; proportionally, Tauan is most common in Bahia.
It is the most recorded spelling of the group, without H and with U.
Other spellings of Tauan
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tauan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Tauan
What does the name Tauan mean?
The meaning of Tauan 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 Tauan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,326 people with the first name Tauan, which ranks it number 1,934 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Tauan a boy's or a girl's name?
Tauan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 119 women and 8,207 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Tauan most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.015% of the state's population is named Tauan (2,119 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Tauan?
Thauan and Tawan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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