The Hilal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 339 people carried this name — #59,603 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 55% from 219 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 188 people named Hilal live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Hilal.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 44 people named Hilal 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
95 people named Hilal 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 Hilal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Aida Hilal 1925–1987 · actor
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Talaat Hilal 1938–
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Abdellatif Hilal 1940–2022 · actor
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Jamīl Hilāl 1940– · university teacher
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Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki 1941– · writer
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Mohamed Helal 1949–2016 · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hilal.
- Hiegel 414 · U.S. census
- Hiel 239 · U.S. census
- Hien 203 · U.S. census
- Hieronimus 251 · U.S. census
- Higel 168 · U.S. census
- Hilaire 1,682 · U.S. census
- Hilary 120 · U.S. census
- Hilbert 6,077 · U.S. census
- Hild 1,779 · U.S. census
- Hilde 508 · U.S. census
- Hildebrand 11,687 · U.S. census
- Hildenbrand 903 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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