Meaning of the nameCleitom
- Male
- Clei-tom
Cleitom is a masculine name; Behind the Name records the close spelling Cleiton as the Portuguese form of the English Clayton, but the origin of Cleitom is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Cleitom 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)
- 2,073
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,984
- Median age
- 31 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,535
- people
Cleitom in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleitom, 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 (717 people).
0 women 2,061 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 Cleitom is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleitom in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.002%
- Pará 0.002%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 361 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 250 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 164 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 155 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 154 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 143 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 134 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 104 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 99 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 80 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 73 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 55 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 40 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 33 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 33 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 28 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 25 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 24 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 23 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 17 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Cleitom
The origin of the spelling Cleitom is uncertain. Behind the Name lists Cleiton, without the final m, as the Portuguese (Brazilian) form of Clayton, an English name that comes from a surname, in turn derived from English place names meaning 'clay settlement'. Wiktionary records Cleiton as an alternative form of Cleyton. Almost always male, it appears mainly among people born in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,073 people named Cleitom, with a median age of 31.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Clayton · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Cleiton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Cleitom
What does the name Cleitom mean?
The meaning of Cleitom 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 Cleitom in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,073 people with the first name Cleitom, which ranks it number 4,984 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Cleitom a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleitom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,061 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Cleitom most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Cleitom (134 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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