Meaning of the nameKelton

Kelton is a male name of English use, recorded as a surname and, more rarely, as a given name, ending in -ton.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,827 people named Kelton, the 5,449th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 25, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Kelton 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): 1,827
Rank in Brazil: #5,449
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 1,841; people

Kelton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kelton, 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 (606 people).

0 women 1,811 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 Kelton is most common

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

Ceará 0.004%
Pará 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	306	0.004%
São Paulo	199	0.000%
Minas Gerais	186	0.001%
Pará	160	0.002%
Amazonas	89	0.002%
Piauí	74	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	70	0.000%
Paraíba	70	0.002%
Maranhão	67	0.001%
Bahia	63	0.000%
Pernambuco	60	0.001%
Goiás	53	0.001%
Paraná	46	0.000%
Mato Grosso	45	0.001%
Distrito Federal	43	0.002%
Espírito Santo	42	0.001%
Santa Catarina	37	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	35	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	33	0.001%
Amapá	26	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	25	0.000%
Tocantins	25	0.002%
Rondônia	19	0.001%
Roraima	19	0.003%
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 Kelton

Wiktionary lists Kelton as an English surname and, more rarely, as a male name. The ending -ton recalls the element -elton, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the English surname Elton. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,827 people named Kelton, with a median age of 25; most were born between the 1990s and 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará. The name is almost always male.

Sources

Wiktionary: Kelton · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ELTON) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Kelton

What does the name Kelton mean?

The meaning of Kelton 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 Kelton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,827 people with the first name Kelton, which ranks it number 5,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Kelton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,811 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Kelton?

Kelton is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Kelton most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Kelton (306 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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