as a Last Name
- 8,930
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Israel
Meaning & Origins
Jewish: from the Hebrew male personal name Yisrael ‘Fighter of God’. In the Bible this is a byname bestowed on Jacob after he had wrestled with the angel at the ford of Jabbok (Genesis 32:24–8).
| 3,450th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,930
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Israel per capita
Top state populations
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