The Feliz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,261 people carried this name — #6,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 48% from 3,561 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 457 people named Feliz 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 211
City of Buenos Aires 90
Salta 53
Entre Ríos 27
Santa Cruz 26
Santa Fe 21
Misiones 16
Corrientes 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

125 people named Feliz live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Geneva 27
Aargau 17
Basel-Stadt 11
Solothurn 8
Ticino 8
Bern 6
Vaud 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 20 people named Feliz.

Most of them — 11 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Hérault.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Hérault 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Rhône 2
Aude 1
Loiret 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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

In print

Feliz in American newspapers,
1873.

Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Feliz
New York Dispatch 1873-04-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Feliz in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

37 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Feliz. The most, 6, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 10
Queensland 6
South Australia 4
Western Australia 4

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

In the public record

People named Feliz,
in the records of 3 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 States106 records

106 records of the Feliz name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 58
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 21
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Sterling F. Feliz

    Born 1933; from Alameda County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman - parachutist; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond J. Feliz

    Born 1899 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Santa Barbara; miner. U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II; died 1965, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 106 records for Feliz in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Feliz 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 Mariana Feliz

    Born 1906 in Spain; died 1996 in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne).

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

    Born 1932 in Spain; died 1995 in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne).

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

    Born 1924 in Portugal; died 2001 in Tournan-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Feliz 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Feliz name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Tannetje Feliz

    In the population register of Ovezande; born 1849 in Ovezande.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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