The surname Candelario
A Spanish surname, carried by 5,053 people in the United States.
5 syllables Soundex C534
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,053 people named Candelario in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,734.
Who is named Candelario
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Candelario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- 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 Candelario
Candelario has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Candelario come from?
- Candelario is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Candelario?
- 5,053 people in the United States had the surname Candelario in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. It ranked 6,684th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Candelario?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Candelario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Candelario getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,053 in 2010, up 35%.