How common is the surname Delisle?

4,041 people in the United States had the surname Delisle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,403 Americans. It ranked 8,212th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Delisle?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Delisle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Delisle?

Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer-songwriter, followed by Louis Nelson Delisle.

Where is the surname Delisle most common?

Wikidata records people named Delisle in the United States.

Is the surname Delisle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,041 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Delisle

A French surname, carried by 4,041 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delisle is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Delisle and Norman de l'Isle.

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 4,041 people named Delisle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,403 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,887.

#8,212

rank among US surnames

4,041

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #7,899)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384
#8,212	Delisle	4,041	76,403
#8,213	Hartsell	4,040	76,422
#8,216	Ji	4,039	76,441
#8,217	Sheth	4,038	76,460

Who is named Delisle

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

93% of people named Delisle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Delisles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grey DeLisle
American voice actress and singer-songwriter, born 1973
Louis Nelson Delisle
American musician (1885-1949)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Lisle
Isle

Delisle has the Soundex code D424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D424.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Delisle come from?: From French Delisle and Norman de l'Isle.
How common is the surname Delisle?: 4,041 people in the United States had the surname Delisle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,403 Americans. It ranked 8,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delisle?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Delisle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Delisle?: Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer-songwriter, followed by Louis Nelson Delisle.
Where is the surname Delisle most common?: Wikidata records people named Delisle in the United States.
Is the surname Delisle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,041 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Delisle?: Lisle and Isle.