# Jalal (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jalal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 522 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,657 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 591,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +107% (252 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَلَال (jalāl); this surname is predominantly found in Pakistan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jalal in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 53% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 6.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jalal in Afghanistan and the United Kingdom.

## People named Jalal

- Hasina Jalal, Afghan activist
- Massouda Jalal, Afghan politician
- Shwan Jalal, association football player (born 1983)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.