Explore the Family Name Delisser

The meaning of Delisser

Jamaican: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Delisser in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Delisser has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Delisser ranked 64,572nd in popularity with a count of 288, which represented a proportion of 0.11 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank had slightly improved to 64,200 with an increased count of 310, keeping the proportion unchanged at 0.11 per 100,000 people. This change indicates a modest growth in popularity by 0.58 percent and an increase in count by 7.64 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,572	#64,200	0.58%
Count	288	310	7.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Delisser

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Delisser also showed some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 61.11 percent of individuals with the Delisser surname identified as Black, 31.94 percent as White, and 4.86 percent reported being of two or more ethnicities. However, no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native at that time. By 2010, there was a small increase of 6.1 percent in those identifying as Black, reaching 64.84 percent, while the percentage of White decreased by 17.19 percent to 26.45 percent. The number of individuals identifying as of two or more ethnicities also reduced by 20.37 percent to 3.87 percent. Interestingly, the year 2010 saw some individuals identifying as Hispanic, marking a new ethnicity associated with the surname Delisser.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	61.11%	64.84%	6.1%
White	31.94%	26.45%	-17.19%
Two or More Races	4.86%	3.87%	-20.37%
Hispanic	0%	3.23%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%