The Isabel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,122 people carried this name — #22,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,011 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 262 people named Isabel.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Calvados.
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
55 people named Isabel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Isabel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Isabel,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Isabel 1350– · politician
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François Isabel 1859–1936 · teacher
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Emilio Varela Isabel 1887–1951 · painter
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Helena Isabel 1952– · actor
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Maria Isabel 1963– · politician
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Nathalie Isabel 1965– · researcher
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Isabel.
- Iribarren 311 · U.S. census
- Irigoyen 1,389 · U.S. census
- Irion 1,125 · U.S. census
- Iris 245 · U.S. census
- Irr 160 · U.S. census
- Isaac 18,903 · U.S. census
- Isabelle 1,154 · U.S. census
- Isac 190 · U.S. census
- Isaia 267 · U.S. census
- Isch 612 · U.S. census
- Iselin 368 · U.S. census
- Isern 241 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Isabel is.
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