Meaning of the nameTawan
- Male
- Taw-an
Tawan is a spelling of the name Tauan.
Meaning
The meaning of Tawan 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)
- 1,648
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,860
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,146
- people
Tawan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tawan, 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 (780 people).
32 women 1,616 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 Tawan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tawan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 251 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 223 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 194 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 168 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 112 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 96 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 82 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 72 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 62 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 58 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 54 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 34 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 30 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 30 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 29 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 26 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 26 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 19 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Tawan
It swaps the U for W and is the least recorded of the three spellings.
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.
Other spellings of Tauan
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tauan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Tawan
What does the name Tawan mean?
The meaning of Tawan 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 Tawan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,648 people with the first name Tawan, which ranks it number 5,860 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Tawan a boy's or a girl's name?
Tawan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 32 women and 1,616 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Tawan most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Tawan (223 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Tawan?
Tauan and Thauan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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