How common is the surname Heldt?

1,306 people in the United States had the surname Heldt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heldt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heldt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Heldt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, down 24%.

The surname Heldt

A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heldt is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,306 people named Heldt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is down 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,717.

#20,348

rank among US surnames

1,306

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-23.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,627)

Who is named Heldt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Heldt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heldt

Heldt has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Questions

How common is the surname Heldt?: 1,306 people in the United States had the surname Heldt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heldt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heldt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Heldt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, down 24%.