Candasamy Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Candasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1961:276,41727,312
Mauritius1201:10,7782,335
England321:1,741,18971,393
Norway71:734,61250,907
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Candasamy (170) may also be a first name.

Candasamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Candasamy is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Candasamy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Candasamy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Candasamy is the 760,012th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. Candasamy occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Candasamy live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 701,320th most common given name at a global level, borne by 170 people.

The last name Candasamy is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 276,417. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 32 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Candasamy Last Name Statistics demography

Candasamy earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.18% more than the national average, earning R 285,588 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Candasamy
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