How common is the surname Candela?

2,346 people in the United States had the surname Candela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,605 Americans. It ranked 13,084th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Candela?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Candela identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Candela getting more or less common?

More common. 2,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,346 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Candela

An Italian surname, carried by 2,346 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Candela is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian, Catalan and Spanish Candela.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,346 people named Candela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,605 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,125.

#13,084

rank among US surnames

2,346

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,181)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,079	Spink	2,348	131,493
#13,081	Orduno	2,347	131,549
#13,084	Ormond	2,346	131,605
#13,087	Carpentier	2,345	131,661
#13,088	Pascarella	2,344	131,717
#13,091	DiMatteo	2,343	131,774

Who is named Candela

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

66% of people named Candela identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 32%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Candela

Candela has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Candela come from?: Borrowed from Italian, Catalan and Spanish Candela.
How common is the surname Candela?: 2,346 people in the United States had the surname Candela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,605 Americans. It ranked 13,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Candela?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Candela identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Candela getting more or less common?: More common. 2,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,346 in 2010, up 10%.