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Meaning of the nameElton

Elton is a male name of English origin, coming from a surname taken from place names, which Behind the Name explains as 'Ella's town'.

Meaning

“from an English surname derived from place names; 'Ella's town', according to Behind the Name”

Source: Behind the Name: Elton

People (2022)
65,120
Rank in Brazil
#470
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
71,897
people

Elton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elton, 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 (25,905 people).

237 women 64,883 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 Elton is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.055%
  2. Pará 0.054%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.052%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.048%
  5. Paraná 0.043%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo13,1620.030%
Minas Gerais6,6850.033%
Rio Grande do Sul5,6650.052%
Paraná4,8930.043%
Pará4,3430.054%
Bahia4,0200.028%
Rio de Janeiro3,3930.021%
Santa Catarina2,9210.038%
Pernambuco2,7790.031%
Goiás1,9510.028%
Maranhão1,9170.028%
Ceará1,5550.018%
Amazonas1,5390.039%
Mato Grosso1,4920.041%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,3160.048%
Paraíba1,0810.027%
Espírito Santo9760.026%
Piauí8690.027%
Distrito Federal7640.027%
Rio Grande do Norte7390.022%
Alagoas6530.021%
Rondônia5870.037%
Sergipe5110.023%
Tocantins4420.029%
Amapá4030.055%
Roraima2510.039%
Acre2130.026%

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

About the name Elton

Behind the Name explains Elton as an English surname that was first a place name, with the meaning 'Ella's town'. Wiktionary gives other origins, depending on the English locality called Elton; for some of them, Old English ēl, 'eel', plus tūn, 'farmstead, settlement'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 65,120 people named Elton, peaking among those born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, without an initial H.

Other spellings of Elton

SpellingPeople (2022)
Elton65,120
Helton12,617

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Elton · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Elton · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Elton

What does the name Elton mean?

Elton means “from an English surname derived from place names; 'Ella's town', according to Behind the Name”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Elton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 65,120 people with the first name Elton, which ranks it number 470 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Elton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 237 women and 64,883 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elton?

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

In which Brazilian state is Elton most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.055% of the state's population is named Elton (403 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elton?

Helton. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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