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Meaning of the nameCleyton

Cleyton is a spelling of the name Cleiton, which means “Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”.

Meaning

“Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”

Meaning of the name Cleiton, of which Cleyton is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Clayton

People (2022)
12,726
Rank in Brazil
#1,443
Median age
31 years
2010 Census
9,673
people

Cleyton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleyton, 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 (4,238 people).

54 women 12,672 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 Cleyton is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.011%
  2. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.009%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.009%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.008%
  5. Pará 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,1140.007%
Minas Gerais1,3610.007%
Rio de Janeiro1,3440.008%
Pernambuco1,0000.011%
Paraná6700.006%
Pará6430.008%
Goiás5130.007%
Maranhão4510.007%
Bahia4180.003%
Santa Catarina3660.005%
Mato Grosso3280.009%
Paraíba2670.007%
Ceará2630.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul2510.009%
Rio Grande do Norte2450.007%
Espírito Santo2150.006%
Distrito Federal2080.007%
Amazonas2050.005%
Alagoas1660.005%
Piauí1500.005%
Sergipe1330.006%
Tocantins970.006%
Rio Grande do Sul890.001%
Rondônia880.006%
Amapá540.007%
Acre440.005%
Roraima430.007%

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

The spelling Cleyton

A spelling with Y, closer to the English Clayton; it is the one where Wiktionary has the main entry for the name.

About the name Cleiton

Behind the Name explains Clayton as a surname arising from several English place names, all meaning 'clay settlement' in Old English, and records Cleiton as the Brazilian form. In Wiktionary, Cleyton has the entry for the Portuguese male name, and Cleiton appears as an alternative form of it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 116,767 people named Cleiton, with a median age of 31. Proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia. The variants swap C for K and I for Y, without changing the pronunciation.

Other spellings of Cleiton

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cleiton116,767
Cleyton12,726
Kleiton6,453
Kleyton2,673

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Clayton · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Cleyton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Wiktionary: Cleiton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Cleyton

What does the name Cleyton mean?

Cleyton means “Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Cleiton, of which Cleyton is a spelling.

How many people are named Cleyton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,726 people with the first name Cleyton, which ranks it number 1,443 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cleyton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 54 women and 12,672 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cleyton?

Cleyton is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cleyton most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.011% of the state's population is named Cleyton (1,000 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cleyton?

Cleiton, Kleiton and Kleyton. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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