The Feliciano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,667 people carried this name — #1,662 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,600 people counted. That is up 27% from 17,112 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 495 people named Feliciano 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 113
Buenos Aires Province 105
Salta 77
Río Negro 63
City of Buenos Aires 52
Jujuy 34
Chubut 20
Mendoza 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

70 people named Feliciano live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 22
Geneva 20
Valais 18
Bern 5
Zurich 5

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Feliciano.

Most of them — 24 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Gironde.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Gironde 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Doubs 1
Nord 1
Paris 1
Tarn-et-Garonne 1
Vaucluse 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Feliciano in American newspapers,
1872–1914.

Newspaper page from El Internacional carrying the name Feliciano
El Internacional 1914-09-18
Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Feliciano
La Crónica 1873-05-10
Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Feliciano
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1872-02-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,384 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Feliciano in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

238 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Feliciano. The most, 152, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 18
Victoria 10
ACT (Canberra) 8
Tasmania 5
Queensland 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Feliciano.

Who carried it

People named Feliciano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Feliciano
    Francesco Feliciano 1470–1542 · mathematician
  • Felice Feliciano 1433–1479 · scribe
  • Giovanni Bernardo Feliciano 1490–1554 · physician
  • Giovanni Bernardo Feliciano 1490–1552 · physician
  • Florentino P. Feliciano 1928–2015 · judge
  • Adolfo Feliciano 1930–1973 · athlete

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Feliciano,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States413 records

413 records of the Feliciano name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 168
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 116
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Timothy S. U. Feliciano

    Born 1907. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; cook from Multnomah County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Agata Feliciano

    Arrived at New York in 1902 aboard the Calabria from Naples, aged 24; servant. From Nicosia, Enna, Italy; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carlos D. Feliciano

    Born 1932; from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 413 records for Feliciano in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France9 records

9 records of the Feliciano name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosa Da Conceicao Feliciano

    Born 1939 in Portugal; died 1999 in Poissy (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Feliz Feliciano

    Born 1921 in Portugal; died 2001 in Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henriette Feliciano

    Born 1916 in Algeria; died 2000 in Chasselay (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Feliciano in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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