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Early Origins of the Feliz family

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

Early History of the Feliz family

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Feliz Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Feliz family

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Feliz Ranking

In the United States, the name Feliz is the 12,639th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Feliz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Feliz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Lucas Feliz, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1875 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Feliz (post 1700) +

  • Antonio A. Feliz, American founder and first president of the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ
  • F. P. Feliz, American politician, Mayor of Salinas, California, 1911-15 3
  • José del Carmen Feliz, singer-songwriter from the Dominican Republic
  • Pedro Julio Feliz (b. 1975), Dominican former Major League Baseball third baseman
  • Neftali Feliz (b. 1988), Dominican Major League Baseball relief pitcher


  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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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