The Iselin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 368 people carried this name — #55,741 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 370 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
324 people named Iselin live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Iselin.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Iselin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernard Iselin d. 2005 · historian
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Heinrich Yselin 1450–1513 · sculptor
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Hans Lux Iselin 1486–1560 · merchant
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Ludwig Iselin 1559–1612 · jurist
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Fridolin Iselin 1622–1705
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Jakob Christoph Iselin 1645–1719 · merchant
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Iselin.
- Isaac 18,903 · U.S. census
- Isabel 1,122 · U.S. census
- Isabelle 1,154 · U.S. census
- Isac 190 · U.S. census
- Isaia 267 · U.S. census
- Isch 612 · U.S. census
- Isern 241 · U.S. census
- Isidor 322 · U.S. census
- Isidore 599 · U.S. census
- Isik 241 · U.S. census
- Isler 2,280 · U.S. census
- Ismael 1,012 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Iselin is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.