The Felice surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,333 people carried this name — #9,730 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,076 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Felice surname
Inherited from Latin Felix (“fortunate, lucky, happy”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Felice» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,772 people named Felice 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 135 people named Felice.
63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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
99 people named Felice live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Felice live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Felice in American newspapers,
1922–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,853 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Felice,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fortunato de Felice, 2nd Count Panzutti 1723–1789 · writer -
Fortunato de Felice, 2nd Count Panzutti 1723–1789 · writer
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Fortunato de Felice, 2nd Count Panzutti 1723–1789 · writer
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Jacqueline Felice de Almania 1300– · physician
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Giuseppe Felice 1656–1734 · painter
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Felix Mayer-Felice 1876–1929 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Felice.
- Felber 1,192 · U.S. census
- Feld 2,766 · U.S. census
- Felden 144 · U.S. census
- Felder 13,257 · U.S. census
- Feldman 23,356 · U.S. census
- Feldmann 2,812 · U.S. census
- Felici 243 · U.S. census
- Felicien 166 · U.S. census
- Felipe 6,370 · U.S. census
- Feliu 428 · U.S. census
- Felix 40,165 · U.S. census
- Fell 6,429 · U.S. census
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