The surname Candelaria
A surname, carried by 8,483 people in the United States.
5 syllables Soundex C534
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,483 people named Candelaria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,396 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,208.
Who is named Candelaria
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Candelaria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
- White (not Hispanic) 11%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Candelaria
Candelaria has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.
Questions
- How common is the surname Candelaria?
- 8,483 people in the United States had the surname Candelaria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,396 Americans. It ranked 4,176th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Candelaria?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Candelaria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Candelaria getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,483 in 2010, up 18%.