Candelas Surname

70,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Candelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico4,5051:27,5531,845
Spain1,3011:35,9353,564
United States7341:493,81341,636
Venezuela3301:91,5283,488
Argentina471:909,43458,335
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Puerto Rico161:221,8842,323
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
El Salvador71:906,2703,798
France61:11,070,454349,096
India61:127,844,230863,365
England51:11,143,612252,590
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

Candelas (1,557) may also be a first name.

Candelas Last Name Facts

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

Candelas has its highest incidence in Mexico. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Candelas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 70,383rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,037,669 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Candelas reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Hispano-North America. Candelas is also the 196,366th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 1,557 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is carried by 4,505 people, or 1 in 27,553. In Mexico Candelas is primarily found in: Zacatecas, where 16 percent live, México, where 15 percent live and Guanajuato, where 14 percent live. Excluding Mexico Candelas exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Candelas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Candelas last name are 43.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 97.03% registered to vote for the party.

Candelas earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.74% less than the national average, earning $42,829 USD 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
  • 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 Candelas
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