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candelaria Name Meaning and History

  1. from the Marian epithet (Maria de la) Candelaria, referring to the Catholic feast of the Purification of the Virgin. The name derives from Latin candela ‘candle’, since on this day candles were blessed by a priest and then lit to invoke the protection of the Virgin Mary.
  2. habitational name from a place in Tenerife called Canelaria.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of candelaria Families in the US in 1920
Number of candelaria families
 71-139
 24-70		 1-23
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