Meaning of the nameJoilton
- Male
- Joil-ton
Joilton is a Brazilian male name formed from Jo- and the element -ilton, the same one found in names such as Edilton and Adilton.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,358 people named Joilton, the 4,575th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 39, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Joilton 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)
- 2,358
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,575
- Median age
- 39 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,532
- people
Joilton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Joilton, 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 (667 people).
0 women 2,351 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 Joilton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Joilton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Mato Grosso 0.003%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 900 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 265 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 131 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 111 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 108 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 106 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 102 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 72 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 66 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 65 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 56 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 43 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 40 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 36 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 35 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 32 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 32 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 24 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 23 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Joilton
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Joilton as Jo- + -ilton. The project's Morfemário (morpheme list) describes -ilton as a probable fragment of names such as Milton and Hamilton, and Jo- as a probable fragment of names such as José and João. No source gives a meaning for the name as a whole. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,358 people named Joilton, with a median age of 39. It is almost always a male name, and most of those recorded were born between 1970 and 1999.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joilton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Morfemário: -ilton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Morfemário: Jo- · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Joilton
What does the name Joilton mean?
The meaning of Joilton 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 Joilton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,358 people with the first name Joilton, which ranks it number 4,575 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Joilton a boy's or a girl's name?
Joilton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,351 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Joilton most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Joilton (900 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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