The Helal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 323 people carried this name — #62,045 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 95% from 166 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Helal.
Most of them — 65 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 42 people named Helal 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 the Nordic population registers
113 people named Helal is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Helal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmed H. Helal 1931–2010 · librarian
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George Helal 1931– · sports director
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Sahar Helal 1969–2004 · synchronized swimmer
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Samir Helal 1971– · handball player
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Hamada Helal 1980– · actor
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Wassim Helal 1982– · handball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Helal.
- Heit 709 · U.S. census
- Heitmann 2,474 · U.S. census
- Heitz 2,852 · U.S. census
- Heitzler 121 · U.S. census
- Heitzmann 380 · U.S. census
- Hekimian 169 · U.S. census
- Helbert 798 · U.S. census
- Helbling 1,107 · U.S. census
- Held 7,195 · U.S. census
- Heldt 1,306 · U.S. census
- Heleine 109 · U.S. census
- Helf 573 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Helal is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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