Felipe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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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

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

Felipe migration to the United States +

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
Jonathan Felipe Paredes Hernández (1989-2025), Colombian professional racing cyclist
Luis Felipe Noé (1933-2025), Argentine artist, writer, intellectual and teacher
Christian Felipe Ocaña Téllez (b. 1992), former Mexican professional association football (soccer) player
Julián Felipe Muñoz Palomo (1947-2024), Spanish politician
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

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)