Candeiro Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

Candeiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candeiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946

Candeiro Last Name Facts

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

Candeiro occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Candeiro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Candeiro occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Candeiro are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 6,905,624. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Piauí, where 19 percent reside, Acre, where 16 percent reside and Amapá, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 38 percent reside and Mozambique, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Candeiro
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