How rare is the last name Ismail?

8,759 people in the United States have the last name Ismail, about 1 in 34,125. It ranks #3,934 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ISMAIL

#3,934

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,759
About
1 in 34,125
This common or more
55.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,759 people with the last name Ismail, 42.1% reported their origin as White, 30.6% as Black and 20.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ismail

#3,932 Mayhew · 8,761#3,932 Redden · 8,761#3,935 Duque · 8,758#3,936 Wilks · 8,757

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ismail, most common first.

#16,358 Ismael · 1,707#38,417 Ismaili · 620#122,574 Ishmail · 148

Also a first name

As a first name, Ismail ranks #3,461 of 53,615, with 6,001 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 204 births. See Ismail as a first name

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