Cândido
surname · Latin script
Meaning: candid, white
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kãdʒidu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Cândido is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
candid, white
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cândido counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 13K | — |
| ES Spain | — | 10K | — |
| US United States | — | 4.8K | — |
| VE Venezuela | — | 4.3K | — |
| AR Argentina | — | 1.2K | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Candidb. 1548BEnot in their usual nameFlemish painter and graphic designer (1548-1628)
- Francisco Candido Xavierb. 1910BRspiritualist and philanthropist from Brazil (1910-2002)
- Candy Candidob. 1913USAmerican actor (1913–1999)
- Antônio Cândido de Mello e Souzab. 1918BRBrazilian writer, professor, sociologist and literary critic (1918–2017)
- Ivan Cândidob. 1931BRBrazilian actor
- Maria Rosa Candidob. 1967ITItalian speed skater
- Maria Fernanda Cândidob. 1974BRBrazilian actress
- Lucas Cândidob. 1993BRBrazilian footballer
- Richard Candido Coelhob. 1994BRassociation football player
- Angelob. 2008BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer (born 2008)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 13K | #1,848 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cândido mean, and where does it come from?
- candid, white Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Cândido?
- A machine transcription gives /kãdʒidu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Cândido have the most bearers?
- Cândido is most frequently recorded in Brazil.
What do you want to know about Cândido?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/c%C3%A2ndidoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cândido”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.