The Candela surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,346 people carried this name — #13,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,125 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Candela surname
Borrowed from Italian, Catalan and Spanish Candela.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Candela» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 995 people named Candela live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 517 people named Candela.
Most of them — 303 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Candela live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Candela,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Candela 1847–1919 · physician -
Rosario Candela 1890–1953 · architect -
Rosario Candela 1890–1953 · architect
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Rosario Candela 1890–1953 · architect
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Joaquín Candela Ardid 1900–1947 · physician -
Ignazio Candela 1701–1900 · organist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Candela.
- Canas 4,832 · U.S. census
- Canava 189 · U.S. census
- Cancel 3,801 · U.S. census
- Cancellieri 356 · U.S. census
- Canda 379 · U.S. census
- Candel 111 · U.S. census
- Candella 293 · U.S. census
- Candia 1,973 · U.S. census
- Candido 1,664 · U.S. census
- Candon 122 · U.S. census
- Candy 870 · U.S. census
- Cane 2,605 · U.S. census
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