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Meaning of the nameHeberton

Heberton is a spelling of the name Eberton.

Meaning

The meaning of Heberton 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)
1,116
Rank in Brazil
#7,675
Median age
34 years
2010 Census
1,045
people

Heberton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Heberton, 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 (535 people).

0 women 1,112 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 Heberton is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais2210.001%
São Paulo2170.001%
Pernambuco800.001%
Bahia670.001%
Rio de Janeiro620.000%
Rio Grande do Norte540.002%
Paraná480.000%
Rio Grande do Sul320.000%
Pará320.000%
Santa Catarina290.000%
Goiás290.000%
Amazonas290.001%
Paraíba280.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul270.001%
Espírito Santo260.001%
Alagoas240.001%
Ceará230.000%
Sergipe210.001%
Distrito Federal160.001%

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

The spelling Heberton

Adds the initial H, which is not pronounced, and is the less recorded of the two; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

About the name Eberton

Eberton and Heberton differ only by the initial H, the same one that separates Eber from Heber, two spelling variants listed in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). The dictionary describes the ending of masculine names as -elton, coming from the English surname Elton, and -ilton, probably taken from Milton. The origin of Eberton and of its first element is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,284 people named Eberton, almost always men, and most were born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Eberton

SpellingPeople (2022)
Eberton2,284
Heberton1,116

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-elton, -ilton) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Heber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Heberton

What does the name Heberton mean?

The meaning of Heberton 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 Heberton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,116 people with the first name Heberton, which ranks it number 7,675 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Heberton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,112 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Heberton most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Heberton (221 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Heberton?

Eberton. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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