The Harel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 506 people carried this name — #42,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 29% from 393 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,338 people named Harel.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Harel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Harel.
- Hardel 237 · U.S. census
- Hardeman 4,565 · U.S. census
- Hardi 144 · U.S. census
- Harding 39,787 · U.S. census
- Hardy 80,252 · U.S. census
- Hare 16,304 · U.S. census
- Haren 1,041 · U.S. census
- Hari 804 · U.S. census
- Harle 599 · U.S. census
- Harlin 1,511 · U.S. census
- Harmel 505 · U.S. census
- Harnisch 578 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Harel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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