Candeira Surname
Approximately 1,699 people bear this surname
Candeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,568 | 1:136,527 | 5,214 |
| Spain | 96 | 1:487,000 | 24,732 |
| Venezuela | 29 | 1:1,041,520 | 15,561 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Candeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Candeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Candeira occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Candeira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Candeira? popularity and diffusion
Candeira is the 236,504th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,289,315 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Candeira live; 94 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Luso-South America.
This surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 1,568 people, or 1 in 136,527. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Maranhão, where 49 percent are found, Piauí, where 17 percent are found and Pará, where 7 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 6 percent are found and Venezuela, where 2 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
- 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 Candeira
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