Ismael surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ismael surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,012 people carried this name — #24,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 53% from 663 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 759 people named Ismael 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 465
Tucumán 69
City of Buenos Aires 36
Salta 33
Santa Fe 26
Jujuy 25
San Luis 23
Chubut 21

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 216 people named Ismael.

63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 63
Guadeloupe 76
La Réunion 21
Aisne 9
Martinique 6
Paris 5
French Guiana 3
Var 3
Haute-Marne 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

157 people named Ismael live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 38
Bern 35
Vaud 19
Geneva 15
St. Gallen 11
Solothurn 10
Valais 10
Lucerne 7

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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 66 people named Ismael 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 Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 22
East Flanders 17
West Flanders 8
Brussels-Capital 7
Limburg 7
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

652 people named Ismael are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 591
Finland (2026) 61

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Ismael,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hiroshi Ismael
    Hiroshi Ismael 1936–2008 · politician
  • Juan Ismael 1907–1982 · poet
  • Malak Ismael 1936–2021 · television presenter
  • Malak Ismael 1936–2021 · television presenter
  • Malak Ismael 1936–2021 · television presenter
  • Malak Ismael 1936–2021 · television presenter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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