Meaning of the nameEnilton
- Male
- E-nil-ton
Enilton is a Brazilian masculine name whose ending -ilton recalls names such as Milton.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,068 people named Enilton, the 4,992nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 47, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Enilton 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)
- 2,068
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,992
- Median age
- 47 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,403
- people
Enilton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Enilton, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (621 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 Enilton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Enilton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.002%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 317 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 224 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 214 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 202 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 143 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 138 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 132 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 98 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 92 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 56 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 49 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 42 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 40 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 39 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 33 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 30 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 30 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 26 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 24 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 22 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 20 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Enilton
The ending -ilton is described in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as probably taken from Milton; the dictionary lists Brazilian names such as Adilton, Edilton and Renilton and the traditional Hamilton, Nilton and Wilton. The beginning En- and the meaning of the name are not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,068 people named Enilton, with a median age of 47; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. It is almost always a male name, and most of the people were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Enilton
What does the name Enilton mean?
The meaning of Enilton 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 Enilton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,068 people with the first name Enilton, which ranks it number 4,992 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Enilton a boy's or a girl's name?
Enilton 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 Enilton most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Enilton (317 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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