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Candlemas Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. (1); compare Christmas, Middlemas, Nowell, Pask, &c, all from the season of the year in which the child was born.
Matilda Candelmes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Candlemas Surname Meaning
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This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. (1); compare Christmas, Middlemas, Nowell, Pask, &c, all from the season of the year in which the child was born.
Matilda Candelmes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condulemas | 84 | 1 | / |
| Candelma | 82 | 108 | / |
| Candela-Mas | 80 | 9 | / |
| Candelmo | 71 | 271 | / |
| Kandilma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kandalamasi | 70 | 5 | / |
| Conde Lemos | 70 | 3 | / |
| Conde Lamas | 70 | 2 | / |
| Cante Lemos | 70 | 1 | / |
| Canuto Lemos | 67 | 7 | / |
| Canuto Lemes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quandt Lemos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Candia Olmos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canete Lemos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanedy Lemos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaendy Lemos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kandlimath | 63 | 10 | / |
| Cont Lemos | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ganeo de Lemos | 61 | 1 | / |
| Condulimazi | 60 | 39 | / |
| Cantalamisa | 60 | 2 | / |
| Kindle Musa | 60 | 1 | / |
| Condolaimos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Condelmo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Camdelmo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Cantalamessa | 57 | 451 | / |
| Contao Lemos | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cantalomessa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kontolemos | 53 | 18 | / |
| Kontolemis | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gandy-Williams | 52 | 3 | / |
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Footnotes
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