The surname Isidore
A Spanish surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex I236 Also a first name
Origin
Spanish origin
French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 599 people named Isidore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 482.
Who is named Isidore
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Isidore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 78%
- White (not Hispanic) 12%
- Two or more races 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Isidore has the Soundex code I236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I236.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Isidore come from?
- French form of the name of early Spanish saints, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros), meaning "gift of (the goddess) Isis".
- How common is the surname Isidore?
- 599 people in the United States had the surname Isidore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Isidore?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Isidore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Isidore getting more or less common?
- More common. 482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, up 24%.
- Is Isidore also a first name?
- Yes. Isidore is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.