Candido Surname

1,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310,900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Candido Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candido Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil280,7721:76295
Philippines11,3361:8,931824
Angola7,6901:3,510526
Mexico3,1381:39,5562,264
Italy2,6321:23,2364,071
United States1,4541:249,28423,717
Argentina1,0571:40,4383,386
Dominican Republic4931:21,1621,385
El Salvador4861:13,053761
Spain3021:154,80811,333
Canada2531:145,63514,918
Uruguay2451:14,0071,581
Peru1961:162,1648,283
France1521:436,99263,144
Australia851:317,59627,389
Austria841:101,37414,603
Paraguay641:113,0742,545
Switzerland601:136,88213,375
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
England461:1,211,26256,182
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Cuba381:303,2295,351
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
Namibia291:83,0837,912
Venezuela231:1,313,22118,235
Belgium191:605,08754,956
São Tomé and Príncipe151:11,828740
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Guatemala111:1,462,0615,661
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
India81:95,883,173728,828
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guam11:160,1214,893
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Cândido (68,599) & Cándido (2) are calculated separately.

Candido (186,160) may also be a first name.

Candido Last Name Facts

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

The surname Candido (Marathi: कॅनडीडो) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Cândido or Cándido. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Candido? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,764th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,440 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Candido live; 91 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Luso-South America. Candido is also the 5,634th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 186,160 people.

Candido is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 280,772 people, or 1 in 762. In Brazil it is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 26 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 8 percent live. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.

Candido Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Candido has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Candido surname expanded 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Candido Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Candido surname are 17.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.68% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Candido earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 17.29% less than the national average, earning €24,837 per year; in Peru they earn 58.61% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,024 per year; in South Africa they earn 80% more than the national average, earning R 427,752 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.18% more than the national average, earning $23,198,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $46,290 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $53,354 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Candido Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Candido in the Marathi language
कॅनडीडोkenadido50
कडीडोkadido50

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Footnotes

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