Meaning of the nameNilton

Nilton is a male name taken from the English Newton, a surname derived from an Old English place name meaning 'new town'.

Meaning

“from the English surname Newton, from a place name meaning 'new town'”

Source: Behind the Name: Newton

People (2022): 91,238
Rank in Brazil: #344
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 105,128; people

Nilton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nilton, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (24,937 people).

274 women 90,964 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 Nilton is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	21,445	0.048%
Minas Gerais	12,173	0.059%
Bahia	8,609	0.061%
Rio de Janeiro	8,555	0.053%
Paraná	5,313	0.046%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,947	0.046%
Santa Catarina	4,384	0.058%
Goiás	3,660	0.052%
Pará	2,703	0.033%
Maranhão	2,685	0.040%
Espírito Santo	2,024	0.053%
Pernambuco	1,857	0.021%
Mato Grosso	1,723	0.047%
Ceará	1,667	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,509	0.055%
Amazonas	1,189	0.030%
Distrito Federal	1,072	0.038%
Rio Grande do Norte	929	0.028%
Piauí	771	0.024%
Paraíba	770	0.019%
Rondônia	743	0.047%
Sergipe	725	0.033%
Alagoas	723	0.023%
Tocantins	532	0.035%
Amapá	204	0.028%
Roraima	179	0.028%
Acre	147	0.018%

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

About the name Nilton

Wiktionary records Nilton as a borrowing of the English Newton, and Behind the Name lists Nílton, with an accent, as a Portuguese variant of Newton. Newton is a surname that comes from an Old English place name, 'new town'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites another opinion, that of Machado (1981), for whom the origin is obscure and the name would have been formed arbitrarily. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 91,238 people named Nilton, with a median age of 52. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nilton · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Newton · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Nilton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Nilton

What does the name Nilton mean?

Nilton means “from the English surname Newton, from a place name meaning 'new town'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Nilton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 91,238 people with the first name Nilton, which ranks it number 344 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Nilton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 274 women and 90,964 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nilton?

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

In which Brazilian state is Nilton most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.061% of the state's population is named Nilton (8,609 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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