Cândea Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Cândea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 166 | 1:120,951 | 13,337 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Candea (1,889), Candéa (10) & Candêa (1) are calculated separately.
Cândea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cândea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cândea is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Candea, Candéa or Candêa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cândea? popularity and diffusion
Cândea is the 1,333,288th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Cândea occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cândea are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 120,951. In Romania Cândea is primarily concentrated in: Mureș County, where 44 percent are found, Hunedoara County, where 28 percent are found and Alba County, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Cândea
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