Isreal
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Isreal (plural Isreals)
- A surname.
- Misspelling of Israel.
- 1852 September 14, Deseret News---Extra[1], Great Salt Lake City, U. T., →ISSN, page 9, column 2:
- May the Lord God of Isreal[sic – meaning Israel] bless you, in the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.
- 1891, Francis M. English, Prohibition: A Fallacy, a Fanaticism, and an Absurdity, Contrary to the Constitution of the United States, the Laws of Creation, Civilization, Common Sense and Rational Progress, because Contrary to the Teachings of the Bible[2], Jerseyville, Ill.: Commercial Book and Job Printing Office, →OCLC, page 38:
- 1st SAMUEL.
Is the next book to Ruth. 1st ch, 24 v is a wonderful use of wine, especially as it was an integral in the dedication of her son, Samuel, to the service of the God of Isreal[sic – meaning Israel]. It is worth more than the time for the reader at convenience to turn to this chapter and read it all.
- 1965 December, Leo Ebreo, “A Homosexual Ghetto?”, in The Ladder: A Lesbian Review[3], volume 10, number 3, San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
- When I was younger - about sixteen - I was an active Zionist. I believed that the best thing for American Jews, in fact all Jews, to do would be to go to Isreal[sic – meaning Israel] and live in a kibbutz (collective). I belonged to a Zionist "movement" and tried to get the Jews I knew to join. I expected of course that few would want to emigrate, but I thought that most would be interested in helping Isreal[sic – meaning Israel] and the Zionist movement.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Isreal.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Isreal is the 26534th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 919 individuals. Isreal is most common among Black/African American (61.26%) and White (30.03%) individuals.