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Meaning of the nameCleverton

Cleverton is a male name used in Brazil, identical to an English village in Wiltshire, and of uncertain origin as a given name.

Meaning

The meaning of Cleverton 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)
6,796
Rank in Brazil
#2,209
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
7,103
people

Cleverton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleverton, 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 (2,000 people).

25 women 6,771 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 Cleverton is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.107%
  2. Alagoas 0.013%
  3. Paraná 0.007%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Sergipe2,3600.107%
Paraná7900.007%
São Paulo6370.001%
Alagoas4150.013%
Santa Catarina4000.005%
Bahia3940.003%
Minas Gerais2890.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2710.003%
Pará1650.002%
Pernambuco1190.001%
Rio de Janeiro1060.001%
Amazonas1060.003%
Mato Grosso1050.003%
Goiás970.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul780.003%
Ceará680.001%
Paraíba540.001%
Rio Grande do Norte500.002%
Rondônia470.003%
Espírito Santo450.001%
Acre420.005%
Distrito Federal400.001%
Amapá390.005%
Maranhão310.001%
Roraima210.003%
Piauí170.001%

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

About the name Cleverton

Wiktionary lists Cleverton only in English, as the name of a hamlet in the parish of Lea and Cleverton, in Wiltshire, and as a surname; the origin of its use as a given name in Brazil is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the similar name Cleverson among Brazilian names with the formative -erson, which it says was probably taken from English given names such as Jefferson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,796 people named Cleverton, almost always men and born mostly between the 1980s and 2000. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cleverton · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Cleverton

What does the name Cleverton mean?

The meaning of Cleverton 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 Cleverton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,796 people with the first name Cleverton, which ranks it number 2,209 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Cleverton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 25 women and 6,771 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Cleverton most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.107% of the state's population is named Cleverton (2,360 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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