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    The surname Hellmann

    A surname, carried by 1,458 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H455

    Hellmann: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hellmann #18,793, 1,458 people Hellmann: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hellmann #18,793, 1,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hellmann is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,458 people named Hellmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,563.

    #18,793
    rank among US surnames
    1,458
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,810)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Hellmann

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

    97% of people named Hellmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    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 Hellmann

    Hellmann has the Soundex code H455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hellmann?
    1,458 people in the United States had the surname Hellmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. It ranked 18,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hellmann?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hellmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hellmann getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,458 in 2010, down 6.7%.