Claiton Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Claiton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claiton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Claiton (8,723) may also be a first name.

Claiton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Claiton Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Claiton is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Claiton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Claiton is the 3,602,217th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Claiton reside; 87 percent reside in South America and 87 percent reside in Luso-South America. Claiton is also the 67,110th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,723 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 8,233,628. In Brazil Claiton is most common in: São Paulo, where 38 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 19 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Claiton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Claiton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Claiton last name decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Claiton
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