Meaning of the nameUelton

Uelton is a spelling of the name Welton.

Meaning

The meaning of Uelton 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): 3,020
Rank in Brazil: #3,877
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 3,347; people

Uelton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Uelton, 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 (1,136 people).

0 women 3,011 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 Uelton is most common

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

Bahia 0.010%
Goiás 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,352	0.010%
São Paulo	379	0.001%
Minas Gerais	298	0.002%
Goiás	187	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	135	0.001%
Espírito Santo	85	0.002%
Pernambuco	68	0.001%
Mato Grosso	60	0.002%
Pará	48	0.001%
Paraná	47	0.000%
Rondônia	47	0.003%
Distrito Federal	42	0.002%
Piauí	35	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	28	0.000%
Maranhão	28	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	28	0.001%
Santa Catarina	25	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Paraíba	20	0.001%
Sergipe	19	0.001%
Ceará	18	0.000%
Tocantins	17	0.001%

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

The spelling Uelton

It replaces the initial W with U; for Uelton, the dictionary records the spellings Huelton and Ueltom.

About the name Welton

Welton is, according to Wiktionary, an English surname taken from place names in England, formed from Old English wella, 'well, spring, stream', and tūn, 'enclosure, settlement'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) places Welton among the traditional names with the ending -elton, which it takes from the English surname Elton, without giving a meaning for the given name. The dictionary records the spellings Welthon, Weltom, Whelton and Wuelton. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,518 people named Welton, with a median age of 33. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Tocantins.

Other spellings of Welton

Spelling	People (2022)
Welton	18,518
Uelton	3,020

Sources

Wiktionary: Welton (sobrenome) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-elton, Wil-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Welton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Uelton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Uelton

What does the name Uelton mean?

The meaning of Uelton 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 Uelton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,020 people with the first name Uelton, which ranks it number 3,877 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Uelton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,011 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Uelton?

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

In which Brazilian state is Uelton most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.010% of the state's population is named Uelton (1,352 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Uelton?

Welton. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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