The Felipe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,370 people carried this name — #5,462 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,300 people counted. That is up 61% from 3,958 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,435 people named Felipe 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 112 people named Felipe.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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
43 people named Felipe live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 print
Felipe in American newspapers,
1903–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,990 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Felipe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julián Felipe 1861–1944 · composer -
Florentín Felipe Naya 1856–1936 · lay brother
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Nersys Felipe 1935– · writer
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Rafael Leonidas Felipe Núñez 1938–2025 · Catholic priest
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Óscar Felipe Ventura 1943–2023 · politician
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José Saraiva Felipe 1952– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Felipe.
- Felder 13,257 · U.S. census
- Feldman 23,356 · U.S. census
- Feldmann 2,812 · U.S. census
- Felice 3,333 · U.S. census
- Felici 243 · U.S. census
- Felicien 166 · U.S. census
- Feliu 428 · U.S. census
- Felix 40,165 · U.S. census
- Fell 6,429 · U.S. census
- Fella 332 · U.S. census
- Feller 7,085 · U.S. census
- Felli 118 · U.S. census
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