The Ismaili surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 458 people carried this name — #46,487 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 68% from 273 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,279 people named Ismaili live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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/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 347 people named Ismaili 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.
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 64 people named Ismaili.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Rhône.
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 the Nordic population registers
291 people named Ismaili 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
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 Ismaili,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rashidah Ismaili 1941– · writer
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Ismail Ismaili 1978– · association football player
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Hakime Ismaili 1985– · association football player
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Erjona Ismaili 1990– · politician
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Mehdi Ismaili 1992– · handball player
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Jimilian 1994– · singer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ismaili.
- Isidor 322 · U.S. census
- Isidore 599 · U.S. census
- Isik 241 · U.S. census
- Isler 2,280 · U.S. census
- Ismael 1,012 · U.S. census
- Ismail 6,126 · U.S. census
- Ismert 191 · U.S. census
- Isner 806 · U.S. census
- Isola 1,052 · U.S. census
- Israel 10,245 · U.S. census
- Issa 4,088 · U.S. census
- Issler 285 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ismaili is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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