The Israel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,245 people carried this name — #3,488 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 9,401 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 782 people named Israel.
183 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often Aisne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 207 people named Israel 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 84 people named Israel 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Israel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
55 people named Israel 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 Israel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Israel 1621–1674 · physician -
Mary Israel Ellet 1780–1885
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Mary Israel Ellet 1780–1870
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Emanuel Vita Israel d. 1940 · writer
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Israel Israel 1700–1773
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Moses Israel 1701–1802 · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Israel.
- Ismael 1,012 · U.S. census
- Ismail 6,126 · U.S. census
- Ismaili 458 · U.S. census
- Ismert 191 · U.S. census
- Isner 806 · U.S. census
- Isola 1,052 · U.S. census
- Issa 4,088 · U.S. census
- Issler 285 · U.S. census
- Istre 1,841 · U.S. census
- Italiano 1,150 · U.S. census
- Ithier 232 · U.S. census
- Ittel 145 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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