How common is the surname Helfrich?

3,482 people in the United States had the surname Helfrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,669 Americans. It ranked 9,345th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Helfrich?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Helfrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Helfrich?

Mark Helfrich, American film director and editor.

Where is the surname Helfrich most common?

Wikidata records people named Helfrich in the United States.

Is the surname Helfrich getting more or less common?

More common. 3,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,482 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Helfrich

A surname, carried by 3,482 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Helfrich is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,482 people named Helfrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,669 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,480.

#9,345

rank among US surnames

3,482

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,338	Vallejos	3,487	88,542
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745

Who is named Helfrich

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

96% of people named Helfrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Helfrichs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Helfrich
American film director and editor, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Helfrich

Helfer

Helfrich has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

Questions

How common is the surname Helfrich?: 3,482 people in the United States had the surname Helfrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,669 Americans. It ranked 9,345th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Helfrich?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Helfrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Helfrich?: Mark Helfrich, American film director and editor.
Where is the surname Helfrich most common?: Wikidata records people named Helfrich in the United States.
Is the surname Helfrich getting more or less common?: More common. 3,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,482 in 2010, up 0.1%.