Meaning of the nameLenilton
- Male
- Le-nil-ton
Lenilton is a Brazilian male name ending in -ilton, a common name-forming ending in the country, and its origin is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Lenilton 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)
- 2,010
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,100
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,082
- people
Lenilton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lenilton, 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 (562 people).
0 women 2,001 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 Lenilton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lenilton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 342 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 216 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 211 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 165 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 103 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 100 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 99 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 98 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 95 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 88 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 84 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 59 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 50 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 43 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 39 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 29 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 29 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 28 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lenilton
Lenilton ends in -ilton, an ending widely used in Brazilian male names, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as probably a fragment of given names such as Milton. The origin of the beginning Len- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,010 people named Lenilton, with a median age of 38, almost always men. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Lenilton
What does the name Lenilton mean?
The meaning of Lenilton 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 Lenilton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,010 people with the first name Lenilton, which ranks it number 5,100 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Lenilton a boy's or a girl's name?
Lenilton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,001 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Lenilton most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.004% of the state's population is named Lenilton (165 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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