The Halimi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 214 people carried this name — #82,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,268 people named Halimi live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 548 people named Halimi.
Most of them — 395 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 125 people named Halimi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Halimi in American newspapers,
1957–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 701 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Halimi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sidi Fredj Halimi 1876–1957 · rabbi -
Gisèle Halimi 1927–2020 · lawyer -
André Halimi 1930–2013 · writer -
Serge Halimi 1955– · university teacher -
Roald Halimi 1988– · futsal player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 33 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Halimi.
- Halbeisen 214 · U.S. census
- Halbert 4,518 · U.S. census
- Halby 116 · U.S. census
- Hale 82,955 · U.S. census
- Halfon 241 · U.S. census
- Halim 1,041 · U.S. census
- Halin 114 · U.S. census
- Hall 473,568 · U.S. census
- Halle 1,920 · U.S. census
- Haller 9,562 · U.S. census
- Hallet 376 · U.S. census
- Halley 4,870 · U.S. census
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