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Early Origins of the Felipe family

The surname Felipe was first found in Navarre, one of the medieval Christian kingdoms of northern Spain.

Early History of the Felipe family

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Felipe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Felices, Felice, Feliciani, Felicess, Felicia, Felicos and many more.

Early Notables of the Felipe family

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Felipe Ranking

In the United States, the name Felipe is the 8,060th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Felipe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Felipe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Antonio Felipe, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1898 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Felipe (post 1700) +

  • Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés (1944-2016), Spanish footballer
  • Andrés Felipe Balanta Cifuentes (2000-2022), Colombian professional footballer who played as defensive midfielder for Deportivo Cali and Atlético Tucumán (2018-2022)
  • Luiz Felipe Scolari (b. 1948), Brazilian football coach and FIFA World Cup winner football manager
  • Pedro Felipe Figueredo (1818-1870), nicknamed Perucho, a Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century; he wrote the Cuban national anthem, El Himno de Bayamo, in 1867 but was captured during the war and executed on 17 August 1870, father of Candelaria Figueredo
  • Luis Felipe Tovar (b. 1961), Mexican performance teacher and actor, three-time winner of the Ariel Award
  • Luis Felipe Gallegos Leiva (b. 1991), Chilean footballer
  • Cristián Felipe Abarca (b. 1989), Chilean footballer
  • José Felipe Ruvalcaba Clareños (b. 1941), Mexican football forward
  • Jose Felipe Beltran (b. 1981), Mexican-American mixed martial artist
  • Luis Felipe Noé (b. 1933), Argentine artist, writer, intellectual and teacher


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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