The Candelario surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,053 people carried this name — #6,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 3,734 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 104 people named Candelario 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 59
City of Buenos Aires 23
Tucumán 12
Córdoba 10

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

In print

Candelario in American newspapers,
1899–1907.

Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Candelario
The Indian Leader 1907-03-08
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Candelario
The Indian Leader 1905-02-24
Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Candelario
The Times 1899-02-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,573 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Candelario,
in the records of the United States.

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 States141 records

141 records of the Candelario name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 52
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph J. Candelario

    Born 1922 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Santa Fe; farm hand from Colfax County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, 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)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Daniele Candelario

    Arrived at New York in 1899 aboard the Alsatia from Naples, aged 11. From Scilla, Reggio Di Calabria, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Sergio Eulogio Candelario

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 2001; buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 141 records for Candelario in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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