# Cândido (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/candido/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,664 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,063 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 185,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (1,202 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cândido in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 42% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cândido in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Cândido

- Maria Fernanda Cândido, Brazilian actress
- Antonio Candido, Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist and literary critic (1918–2017)
- Candy Candido, American actor (1913–1999)
- Lucas Cândido, Brazilian footballer
- Richard Candido Coelho, association football player

## Similar surnames

Condit.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.