The Hiel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 239 people carried this name — #79,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 242 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 224 people named Hiel 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Hiel.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Hiel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lorenz Hiel 1532–1566 · university teacher -
Johannes Antonius Cornelis Hiel 1840–1882
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Laura Hiel 1859–1945 · writer
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Alexander Hiel 1872–1921 · painter
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Ingeborg Hiel 1939– · writer
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Didier Hiel 1949– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hiel.
- Hidalgo 23,134 · U.S. census
- Hidden 216 · U.S. census
- Hide 127 · U.S. census
- Hie 131 · U.S. census
- Hiebel 141 · U.S. census
- Hiegel 414 · U.S. census
- Hien 203 · U.S. census
- Hieronimus 251 · U.S. census
- Higel 168 · U.S. census
- Hilaire 1,682 · U.S. census
- Hilal 339 · U.S. census
- Hilary 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Hiel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.