How common is the surname Helwig?

2,863 people in the United States had the surname Helwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. It ranked 11,086th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Helwig?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Helwig getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,863 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Helwig

A surname, carried by 2,863 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Helwig is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,863 people named Helwig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,946.

#11,086

rank among US surnames

2,863

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,085)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840
#11,092	Mounce	2,862	107,878
#11,095	Loewen	2,861	107,915

Who is named Helwig

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

95% of people named Helwig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
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 Helwig

Helwig has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

Questions

How common is the surname Helwig?: 2,863 people in the United States had the surname Helwig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. It ranked 11,086th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Helwig?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helwig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Helwig getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,863 in 2010, down 2.8%.