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Meaning of the nameKleiton

Kleiton is a spelling of the name Cleiton, which means “Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”.

Meaning

“Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”

Meaning of the name Cleiton, of which Kleiton is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Clayton

People (2022)
6,453
Rank in Brazil
#2,297
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
6,691
people

Kleiton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kleiton, 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 (2,256 people).

21 women 6,432 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 Kleiton is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.007%
  2. Pernambuco 0.006%
  3. Paraíba 0.006%
  4. Maranhão 0.005%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9880.002%
Pernambuco5820.006%
Minas Gerais5080.003%
Bahia4730.003%
Rio de Janeiro3380.002%
Pará3380.004%
Maranhão3230.005%
Santa Catarina3140.004%
Rio Grande do Sul2950.003%
Paraná2740.002%
Goiás2610.004%
Rio Grande do Norte2290.007%
Paraíba2270.006%
Mato Grosso1670.005%
Alagoas1430.005%
Piauí1380.004%
Espírito Santo1320.003%
Ceará1300.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul1230.005%
Amazonas1150.003%
Sergipe1020.005%
Distrito Federal960.003%
Tocantins510.003%
Rondônia370.002%
Amapá320.004%
Roraima250.004%

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

The spelling Kleiton

It replaces the initial C with K, without changing the sound.

About the name Cleiton

Behind the Name explains Clayton as a surname arising from several English place names, all meaning 'clay settlement' in Old English, and records Cleiton as the Brazilian form. In Wiktionary, Cleyton has the entry for the Portuguese male name, and Cleiton appears as an alternative form of it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 116,767 people named Cleiton, with a median age of 31. Proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia. The variants swap C for K and I for Y, without changing the pronunciation.

Other spellings of Cleiton

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cleiton116,767
Cleyton12,726
Kleiton6,453
Kleyton2,673

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Clayton · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Cleyton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Wiktionary: Cleiton · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Kleiton

What does the name Kleiton mean?

Kleiton means “Brazilian form of Clayton, 'clay settlement'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Cleiton, of which Kleiton is a spelling.

How many people are named Kleiton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,453 people with the first name Kleiton, which ranks it number 2,297 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Kleiton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 21 women and 6,432 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kleiton?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kleiton most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.007% of the state's population is named Kleiton (229 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kleiton?

Cleiton, Cleyton and Kleyton. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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