Delisle
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname, Delisle, transferred from the common noun
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dɪˈɫaɪɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Delisle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 82K
- KPNorth Korea≈1 in 8.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 295 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈56,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname, Delisle, transferred from the common noun
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Delisle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Delisle | 2 |
| US United States | — | 4,041 | 1 in 82K | 4K | Delisle | 295 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Delisle | 161 |
| KP North Korea | #848 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Delisle | 2 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 234 | — | 3 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Delisle | 2 |
| GD Grenada | — | 4 | 1 in 28K | 4 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Delisle is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, De Lisle ou de L’Isle, noms de plusieurs localités à travers la France.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Claude Delisleb. 1644FRFrench historian (1644-1720)
- Guillaume Delisleb. 1675FRFrench cartographer (1675-1726)
- Joseph-Nicolas Delisleb. 1688FRFrench astronomer
- Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Salesb. 1741FRFrench philosopher (1741-1816)
- Léopold Victor Delisleb. 1826FRFrench bibliophile and historian (1826-1910)
- Guy Delisleb. 1966CACanadian graphic novelist
- François Delisleb. 1967CACanadian film producer, screenwriter and film director
- Jeffrey Delisleb. 1971CARussian spy born in Canada
- Grey DeLisleb. 1973USAmerican voice actress and singer-songwriter
- Lady Boom BoomCAnot in their usual nameCanadian drag performer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4K | #8,212 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.9K | #7,899 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.8K | #8,261 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 315 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 293 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 290 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 275 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 263 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 238 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 234 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 224 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 178 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Delisle mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname, Delisle, transferred from the common noun Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Delisle?
- A machine transcription gives /dɪˈɫaɪɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Delisle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 56 thousand people named Delisle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled delisle.
- How common is the name Delisle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,041 people named Delisle in 2010, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.
- How common is Delisle compared with other names?
- In North Korea, Delisle is the 848th most common surname of 2,439 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/delisleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Delisle” — the 848th most common surname in North Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.