# Hellen (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 576 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,439 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 536,017 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.7% (652 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Swedish surname, from häll (“flat rock”) + adjectival suffix -en. Also found in Finland. * As an English surname, variant of Ellen, sometimes confused with Helen. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from the placename Helléan in France, from Middle French Helien, named after Hellean, a Brythonic/Celtic figure of ancient Britain, which could ultimately be related to the source of Ellis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hellen 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Hollen, Hillen, Helm, Holm, Houlihan, Hollon, Hallam, Hulme, Hallum, Hulin, Holen, Halim.

## 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.