The Lisle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,809 people carried this name — #16,031 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,724 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lisle surname
From French Lisle and Norman l'Isle.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lisle» (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 94 people named Lisle.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Gers.
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.
In print
Lisle in American newspapers,
1905–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 540,742 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lisle,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Lisle d. 1648 -
George Lisle d. 1648 -
Thomas Lisle d. 1542 · politician
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William Lisle d. 1442 · politician
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Nicholas Lisle d. 1506
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Edward Lisle d. 1727
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lisle.
- Lisch 169 · U.S. census
- Lischer 166 · U.S. census
- Lise 133 · U.S. census
- Lisi 1,910 · U.S. census
- Lisiecki 548 · U.S. census
- Liska 2,679 · U.S. census
- Lison 242 · U.S. census
- Lisowski 1,670 · U.S. census
- Liss 3,472 · U.S. census
- Lisse 112 · U.S. census
- Lissy 272 · U.S. census
- List 3,814 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lisle is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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