# DeLisi (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/delisi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,076 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 286,938 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (992 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Univerbation borrowed from Italian De Lisi, itself an italianization of Sicilian Di Lisi (“literally of Lisi”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named DeLisi in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

DeLuise, Delk, Delucia, Deluca, Dallas, Deloach, Dills, Dahlke, Dalessio, Dolce, Doles, Dalke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.