The Candelaria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,483 people carried this name — #4,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 7,208 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 32 people named Candelaria 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 19
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Candelaria in American newspapers,
1887–1919.

Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name Candelaria
Independent Statesman 1887-08-18
Newspaper page from The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent carrying the name Candelaria
The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent 1919-08-22
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Candelaria
The Ronan Pioneer 1919-08-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,086 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Candelaria in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

104 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Candelaria. The most, 93, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Candelaria.

Who carried it

People named Candelaria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luis Candelaria
    Luis Candelaria 1892–1963 · military personnel
  • Nash Candelaria 1928–2016 · novelist
  • Rodolfo Candelaria Work 1932–2022 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Candelaria,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States283 records

283 records of the Candelaria name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 111
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Raul Candelaria

    Born 1947; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lucy S. Candelaria

    Born 1900 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1944 in the Women's Army Corps at Santa Fe; cook. Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Candelaria

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 1989; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 283 records for Candelaria in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Candelaria name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Amelia Candelaria

    Born 1898 in Spain; died 1999 in Talence (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Candelaria.

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