The Ismail surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,775 people carried this name — #8,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 943 people named Ismail 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
707 people named Ismail live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 236 people named Ismail 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 Santa Fe.
Where 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 103 people named Ismail.
Most of them — 78 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 Poland’s population register
53 people named Ismail have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 312 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ismail.
- Isern 206 · U.S. census
- Isidor 156 · U.S. census
- Isidore 482 · U.S. census
- Isik 124 · U.S. census
- Isler 2,014 · U.S. census
- Ismael 663 · U.S. census
- Ismaili 273 · U.S. census
- Ismert 164 · U.S. census
- Isner 833 · U.S. census
- Isola 1,006 · U.S. census
- Israel 9,401 · U.S. census
- Issa 2,576 · U.S. census
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