Candelu Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Candelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Candelù (5) are calculated separately.

Candelu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Candelu occurs most in Italy. It may also be found as a variant: Candelù. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Candelu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Candelu is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Candelu are found; 71 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 71 percent are found in Italic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Italy, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,038,556. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Veneto, where 83 percent reside, Piedmont, where 10 percent reside and Lombardy, where 7 percent reside. Barring Italy it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and India, where 10 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
  • 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 Candelu
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