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Israel Family History

Israel Name Meaning
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).name adopted by Jews with reference to the ancient Kingdom of Israel, destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 bc, or to the concept of Jewish nationhood, or, in modern times, to the state of Israel.Comparatively recent adoption of the Biblical name in Britain among Nonconformists, especially in Wales.altered form of Ezell.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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Name Distribution of Israel Families

  • Number of Israel families
     130 - 257
     44 - 129
     1 - 43
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Israel families
     128 - 254
     43 - 127
     1 - 42
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Israel families
     2 - 1
     2 - 1
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Israel Family Origin

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Israel Immigration Information

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Average Life Expectancy for Israel

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Israel Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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