Last Name ISLE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the isle, from residence on some little island on a river, or by the seashore. As a rule, monosyllabic local English last names take a final 's,' like Stubbs, Styles, Brooks, Holmes, etc.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 68,172 (2000 US census) 51,222 (1990 US census)
Count 270 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.19%, or 257 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

American Surnames

 One could claim that American surnames are very straightforward to describe and identify. Due to the way this country was formed, having people coming here from all over the world, the surnames simply represent all those people of different nationalities. So, we are don...

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