Candido Family History

Candido Name Meaning

Portuguese (Cândido) and Italian: from Portuguese cândido, Italian candito ‘(shining) white’ (Latin candidus, a derivative of candere ‘to be white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair. The word also came to mean ‘innocent’, ‘simple’, and the surname may often originally have had this sense.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Name Distribution of Candido Families

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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data

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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

Candido census records

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Candido Family Origin

Portugal (12)

Italy (7)

Austria (2)

Madura (1)

Fayal,Portugal (1)

England (1)

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Candido Emigration Information (US)

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You can find out when most of the Candido families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.

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Candido Family Occupations

Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Candido ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestors social and economic status.

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Military Service by Candido

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cerco	anteppo	0
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candido lisbon, sintra and rio de janerio		0
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Candido/Soza from Portugal		4

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