The surname Lisle
A French surname, carried by 1,809 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L240
Origin
French origin
From French Lisle and Norman 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 1,809 people named Lisle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,724.
Who is named Lisle
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Lisle identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Isle
Lisle has the Soundex code L240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L240.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Lisle come from?
- From French Lisle and Norman l'Isle.
- How common is the surname Lisle?
- 1,809 people in the United States had the surname Lisle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,672 Americans. It ranked 16,031st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lisle?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lisle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lisle getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,809 in 2010, up 4.9%.
- What are other spellings of Lisle?
- Isle.