How common is the surname Belisle?

3,722 people in the United States had the surname Belisle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,952 Americans. It ranked 8,800th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Belisle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,722 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Belisle

A French surname, carried by 3,722 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Belisle is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bélisle.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,722 people named Belisle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,952 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,470.

#8,800

rank among US surnames

3,722

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,717)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,793	Crotty	3,726	82,862
#8,797	Pavlik	3,725	82,885
#8,799	Ober	3,724	82,907
#8,800	Belisle	3,722	82,952
#8,801	Vogler	3,721	82,974
#8,802	Loring	3,720	82,996

Who is named Belisle

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Belisle identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Belisle come from?: From French Bélisle.
How common is the surname Belisle?: 3,722 people in the United States had the surname Belisle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,952 Americans. It ranked 8,800th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Belisle?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Belisle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Belisle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,722 in 2010, up 7.3%.