Hlal
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɫəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hlal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.
- SYSyria≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- LYLibya≈1 in 51K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 64K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 20 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hlal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #685 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Hlal | 12 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈920 est. | ≈1 in 114K | — | Hlal | 20 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Hlal | 19 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Hlal | 17 |
| ES Spain | — | 156 | 1 in 321K | 156 | — | 7 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Hlal | 6 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Hlal | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hlal is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Xhosa, sit; dwell
as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003
In Xhosa, dwell
as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 156 | #20,007 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 156 | #19,909 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Hlal?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫəɫ/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- In which country does Hlal have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Hlal in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hlal.
- How common is the name Hlal?
- In Spain, the national register counted 156 people named Hlal, about 1 in 321 thousand residents.
- How common is Hlal compared with other names?
- In Syria, Hlal is the 685th most common surname of 190,062 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hlal?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hlalThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hlal” — the 685th most common surname in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.