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Meaning of the nameErivelton

Erivelton is a Brazilian male name ending in -elton, an element taken from the English surname Elton; the origin of the first part, Eri-, is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Erivelton 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)
11,527
Rank in Brazil
#1,543
Median age
34 years
2010 Census
12,700
people

Erivelton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Erivelton, 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 (3,898 people).

54 women 11,473 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 Erivelton is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.013%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.012%
  3. Bahia 0.012%
  4. Piauí 0.009%
  5. Rondônia 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,6350.012%
Minas Gerais1,4890.007%
São Paulo1,4360.003%
Pará5950.007%
Pernambuco5920.007%
Rio de Janeiro5840.004%
Paraná5650.005%
Ceará5380.006%
Amazonas5130.013%
Espírito Santo4760.012%
Maranhão4020.006%
Goiás3380.005%
Piauí3090.009%
Paraíba2890.007%
Santa Catarina2850.004%
Rio Grande do Sul2220.002%
Alagoas1760.006%
Mato Grosso1660.005%
Rio Grande do Norte1650.005%
Distrito Federal1580.006%
Sergipe1280.006%
Rondônia1210.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul1150.004%
Tocantins910.006%
Amapá500.007%
Acre460.006%
Roraima430.007%

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

About the name Erivelton

The origin of Erivelton is uncertain. It ends in -elton, an element that the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil takes from the English surname Elton and which appears in Welton and in Brazilian coinages such as Joelton and Ronielton. It is a name of men born mostly between the 1970s and 1990s, with the most records in the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,527 people named Erivelton, almost always male, with a median age of 34. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Erivelton

What does the name Erivelton mean?

The meaning of Erivelton 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 Erivelton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,527 people with the first name Erivelton, which ranks it number 1,543 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Erivelton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 54 women and 11,473 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Erivelton most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.013% of the state's population is named Erivelton (513 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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