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Meaning of the nameKleyton

Kleyton 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 Kleyton is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Clayton

People (2022)
2,673
Rank in Brazil
#4,211
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
1,875
people

Kleyton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kleyton, 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 (839 people).

0 women 2,659 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 Kleyton is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
  2. Paraíba 0.004%
  3. Pernambuco 0.004%
  4. Maranhão 0.002%
  5. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3410.001%
Pernambuco3220.004%
Rio de Janeiro2190.001%
Minas Gerais1910.001%
Maranhão1640.002%
Paraíba1530.004%
Pará1300.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1290.004%
Bahia1190.001%
Goiás1040.002%
Paraná930.001%
Santa Catarina820.001%
Alagoas800.003%
Amazonas750.002%
Mato Grosso590.002%
Ceará580.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul550.002%
Piauí540.002%
Sergipe490.002%
Espírito Santo460.001%
Distrito Federal460.002%
Rio Grande do Sul420.000%
Tocantins270.002%

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

The spelling Kleyton

It combines both swaps, K at the start and Y in the middle, and is the least recorded in the group.

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 Kleyton

What does the name Kleyton mean?

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

How many people are named Kleyton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,673 people with the first name Kleyton, which ranks it number 4,211 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Kleyton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,659 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Kleyton?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kleyton most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.004% of the state's population is named Kleyton (129 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kleyton?

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

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