Liesse

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Liesse is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country. Recorded meaning: jubilation, collective joy.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 49K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 375K

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.

Belgium (measured from records)

239 people, 2008

Sources
89 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

jubilation, collective joy

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Liesse 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.

Where Liesse is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BE Belgium2391 in 49K239Liesse8
FR France≈180 est.≈1 in 375K18—1
US United States1511 in 2.2M155Liesse89
BR Brazil691 in 3.1M69—1
DZ Algeria≈40 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Liesse1
NL Netherlands≈8 est.≈1 in 2.1M5Liesse4

239 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Liesse is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States

    Also written Liésse

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Liesse 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 fro, alternative form of lïesce

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Liesse
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008239#7,024
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—201#8,963
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000155#106,477
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010151#115,639
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020130#134,631
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—69#83,359
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194124—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190123—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • 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 Liesse mean, and where does it come from?
jubilation, collective joy Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How common is the name Liesse?
In Belgium, the national register counted 239 people named Liesse in 2008, about 1 in 49 thousand residents.
In which country does Liesse have the most bearers?
In Belgium, the national register counted about 239 people named Liesse, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liesse.
Where is Liesse most common?
Liesse is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 49 thousand people carrying it.

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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, “Liesse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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