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    The surname Candia

    A surname, carried by 1,973 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C530

    Candia: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Candia #14,979, 1,973 people Candia: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Candia #14,979, 1,973 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Candia is more common than 90.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,973 people named Candia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,402.

    #14,979
    rank among US surnames
    1,973
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,263)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,970Hagopian1,975156,327
    #14,976Charland1,974156,406
    #14,979Traore1,973156,485
    #14,986Fuentez1,972156,565

    Who is named Candia

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

    82% of people named Candia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Candia

    Candia has the Soundex code C530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Candia?
    1,973 people in the United States had the surname Candia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. It ranked 14,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Candia?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Candia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Candia getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,402 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,973 in 2010, up 41%.