Candeia Surname
Approximately 8,000 people bear this surname
Candeia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 4,535 | 1:5,951 | 818 |
| Brazil | 3,403 | 1:62,908 | 2,341 |
| Cape Verde | 42 | 1:12,611 | 441 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Cândeia (1) are calculated separately.
Candeia (21) may also be a first name.
Candeia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Candeia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Candeia is found most in Angola. It may be found as a variant: Cândeia. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Candeia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 62,716th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Candeia reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Candeia is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Angola, where it is held by 4,535 people, or 1 in 5,951. Beside Angola Candeia exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 43 percent are found and Cape Verde, where 1 percent are found.
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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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- 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 Candeia
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