The Candia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,973 people carried this name — #14,979 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 41% from 1,402 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 17,271 people named Candia 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 89 people named Candia.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
26 people named Candia live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Candia.
- Cancel 3,801 · U.S. census
- Cancellieri 356 · U.S. census
- Canda 379 · U.S. census
- Candel 111 · U.S. census
- Candela 2,346 · U.S. census
- Candella 293 · 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
- Canel 461 · U.S. census
- Canella 269 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Candia is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.