Feliciano Surname

3,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Angola

Feliciano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Feliciano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil63,6001:3,366293
Angola27,0151:999172
Philippines26,8541:3,770281
United States20,9781:17,2782,186
Mexico17,0581:7,277836
Mozambique14,8321:1,838442
Portugal2,8781:3,620430
Puerto Rico2,8041:1,266159
Peru1,6781:18,9422,262
Dominican Republic1,0171:10,259845
Colombia8231:58,0492,766
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
Spain3901:119,8779,365
Argentina3301:129,52510,974
Canada2631:140,09714,419
Guatemala2361:68,1472,529
France2201:301,92146,106
Bolivia1881:56,4702,881
United Arab Emirates1781:51,4735,061
Singapore1631:33,7901,252
Italy1331:459,82548,434
Cuba1221:94,4482,918
El Salvador1141:55,6481,318
Hong Kong841:87,3271,583
Nicaragua751:80,2811,724
Indonesia681:1,944,841122,869
England631:884,41445,970
Aruba601:1,725246
Australia541:499,92037,885
Honduras471:187,5842,177
Venezuela401:755,10212,515
Panama361:108,6744,042
Namibia331:73,0127,607
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Benin261:397,52329,143
Paraguay251:289,4704,710
Uruguay231:149,20713,102
United States Virgin Islands211:5,256808
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Chile191:927,18319,125
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Guam161:10,0081,526
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
China61:227,886,92811,701
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Brunei51:83,7461,811
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Feliciaño (3) & Féliciano (3) are calculated separately.

Feliciano (245,020) may also be a first name.

Feliciano Last Name Facts

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

The surname Feliciano (Arabic: فليسيانو) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Feliciaño or Féliciano. Click here to see other possible spellings of Feliciano.

How Common Is The Last Name Feliciano? popularity and diffusion

The surname Feliciano is the 3,066th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 39,690 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Feliciano reside; 36 percent reside in South America and 35 percent reside in Luso-South America. Feliciano is also the 4,295th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 245,020 people.

It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 63,600 people, or 1 in 3,366. In Brazil Feliciano is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 27 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 12 percent are found. Barring Brazil it is found in 85 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 15 percent are found.

Feliciano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Feliciano has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Feliciano surname grew 2,097,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Feliciano Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Feliciano surname are 43.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.34% registered with the political party.

The amount Feliciano earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning €32,227 per year; in Peru they earn 16.27% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,232 per year; in South Africa they earn 304.55% more than the national average, earning R 961,356 per year; in Colombia they earn 48.92% more than the national average, earning $33,809,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.29% less than the national average, earning $37,847 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.81% more than the national average, earning $55,551 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Feliciano Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feliciano in the Arabic language
فليسيانوflysyanw-

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Feliciano Reference & Research

Feliciano DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Feliciano FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Feliciano
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