The Delisle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,041 people carried this name — #8,212 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,887 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Delisle surname
From French Delisle and Norman de l'Isle.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Delisle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,034 people named Delisle.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Manche.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
146 people named Delisle live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Delisle in American newspapers,
1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,514 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Delisle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Claude Delisle 1644–1720 · historian -
Guillaume de L'Isle 1675–1726 · geographer -
Louis François Delisle de La Drevetière 1682–1756 · writer -
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle 1688–1768 · astronomer -
Philip Delisle d. 1788
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Marie-Madeleine Delisle d. 1777
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Delisle.
- Delie 160 · U.S. census
- Delille 326 · U.S. census
- Delin 300 · U.S. census
- Deline 989 · U.S. census
- Delion 233 · U.S. census
- Delis 405 · U.S. census
- Dell 8,255 · U.S. census
- Dellamonica 274 · U.S. census
- Dellapina 111 · U.S. census
- Dellas 159 · U.S. census
- Dellavalle 704 · U.S. census
- Delle 266 · U.S. census
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