Meaning of the nameClailton
- Male
- Clail-ton
Clailton is a male name ending in -ilton, a common ending in Brazilian names, with a median age of 36 in the 2022 Census.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,366 people named Clailton, the 6,695th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 36, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Clailton 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)
- 1,366
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,695
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,599
- people
Clailton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Clailton, 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 (353 people).
0 women 1,364 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 Clailton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Clailton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 152 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 127 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 125 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 121 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 105 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 96 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 81 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 66 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 64 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 51 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 50 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 48 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 44 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 25 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 22 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 20 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 20 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 17 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Clailton
Clailton ends in -ilton, which the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil says is probably taken from given names such as Milton; the meaning of the beginning of the name is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,366 people named Clailton, almost always male; most were born between 1970 and 1999. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilton) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Clailton
What does the name Clailton mean?
The meaning of Clailton 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 Clailton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,366 people with the first name Clailton, which ranks it number 6,695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Clailton a boy's or a girl's name?
Clailton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,364 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Clailton most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Clailton (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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