How common is the surname Helman?

2,514 people in the United States had the surname Helman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Helman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Helman getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, down 31%.

The surname Helman

A surname, carried by 2,514 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Helman is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,514 people named Helman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is down 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,626.

#12,370

rank among US surnames

2,514

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-30.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,383)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,362	Bart	2,515	122,762
#12,370	Mikel	2,514	122,810
#12,378	Richer	2,513	122,859

Who is named Helman

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

95% of people named Helman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Helman

Helman 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 Helman?: 2,514 people in the United States had the surname Helman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Helman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Helman getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, down 31%.