Meaning of the nameKayk
- Male
- Kayk
Kayk is a spelling of the name Kaik.
Meaning
The meaning of Kayk 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)
- 2,851
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,032
- Median age
- 14 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,539
- people
Kayk in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Kayk, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,562 people).
27 women 2,824 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 Kayk is most common
States with the highest share of people named Kayk in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Pará 0.003%
- Goiás 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 428 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 325 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 286 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 220 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 198 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 188 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 176 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 103 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 94 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 89 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 87 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 82 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 78 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 77 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 70 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 63 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 56 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 38 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 37 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 31 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 25 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 22 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 20 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 20 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Kayk
It swaps the I for a Y in Kaik, with the same ending -k.
About the name Kaik
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Kaik and Caick among the spelling variants of Caique, alongside Caike, Kaike, Kaique and Kayque. Wiktionary gives Kaique as a variant of Caíque and records the origin of Caíque as unknown. The six spellings in the group combine K or C at the start, I or Y, and an ending in -k, -c or -ck, without the -que of Caique. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,480 people named Kaik, with a median age of 14. It is a recent name, almost always of people born from the 1990s on, and proportionally most common in Pará.
Other spellings of Kaik
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Caique · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Kaique · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Wiktionary: Caíque · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Kayk
What does the name Kayk mean?
The meaning of Kayk 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 Kayk in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,851 people with the first name Kayk, which ranks it number 4,032 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Kayk a boy's or a girl's name?
Kayk is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 27 women and 2,824 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Kayk most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Kayk (188 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Kayk?
Kaik, Kaic, Caik, Caic and Kaick. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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