Last Name ISRAEL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Prevailing in the Lord; a name given to the Patriarch Jacob.

Origin	Hebrew, Jewish, Polish, Assyrian, Haitian, Belgian, Egyptian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank	3,476 (2000 US census)	2,962 (1990 US census)

Count	9,401 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.9%, or 7135 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.69%, or 1381 total occurrences, as black,
2.71%, or 255 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.31%, or 217 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.8%, or 357 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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