The surname Helmer
A German surname, carried by 5,674 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H456
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Helmer.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,674 people named Helmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,414 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,170.
Who is named Helmer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Helmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Helmer
Helmer has the Soundex code H456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H456.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Helmer come from?
- Borrowed from German Helmer.
- How common is the surname Helmer?
- 5,674 people in the United States had the surname Helmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,414 Americans. It ranked 6,049th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Helmer?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Helmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Helmer getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,674 in 2010, up 9.7%.