de Felice Surname

55,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

de Felice Surname User-submission:

This is an Italian, occasionally Swiss surname. It is derived from the Latin word felix, meaning 'happy man'.

de Felice Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy7,1091:8,6031,255
Argentina5441:78,5726,640
Brazil3891:550,32020,605
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
France2281:291,32844,676
Australia1761:153,38516,171
England911:612,28636,401
Paraguay871:83,1812,051
Luxembourg601:9,6761,612
Canada561:657,95753,499
Venezuela421:719,14512,108
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Scotland301:178,4619,900
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Belgium191:605,08754,956
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Austria141:608,24554,975
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Puerto Rico91:394,4603,042
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Monaco11:37,0664,748
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
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The alternate forms: de Félice (20) are calculated separately.

de Felice Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is an Italian, occasionally Swiss surname. It is derived from the Latin word felix, meaning 'happy man'.

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de Felice Demographics

Average de Felice Salary in
United States

$65,354 USD

Per year
Rank:
142,194 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.05759E-5
Rank: 130,145 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
151.46%
Sample size: 66 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Felice Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Felice Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Felice is most common in Italy. It can be rendered as a variant: de Félice. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Felice? popularity and diffusion

It is the 55,007th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 788,184 people. The last name de Felice occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of de Felice are found; 77 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent are found in Italic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Italy, where it is carried by 7,109 people, or 1 in 8,603. In Italy it is most numerous in: Campania, where 39 percent are found, Lazio, where 18 percent are found and Apulia, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Italy it exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

de Felice Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Felice earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.67% more than the national average, earning €30,532 per year; in South Africa they earn 139.99% more than the national average, earning R 570,300 per year; in United States they earn 51.46% more than the national average, earning $65,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.61% more than the national average, earning $55,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Félice9620/
de Felices9535/
de Feliche9519/
di Felice897,039/
de Felici89844/
De-Felice8921/
de Filice892/
de Falice891/
de Felicis84254/
de Felix821,205/
de Feliz8245/
de Felis828/
de Felex823/
de Felez821/
de Feles821/
Di-Felice7813/
di Felici7812/
di Félice782/
di Felise781/
des Felix781/
de Velies781/
der Valice744/
de Velez71260/
de Velis7151/
de Veliz7110/
da Felix716/
de Félix714/
de Veles712/
de Filicaia708/
de Faillace706/
de Velais678/
de Velois672/
de Velihs671/
de Filex592/
de Vèliz591/
de Falloise503/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Felice
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