How common is the surname Helzer?

1,491 people in the United States had the surname Helzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Helzer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Helzer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Helzer

A surname, carried by 1,491 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Helzer is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,491 people named Helzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,460.

#18,511

rank among US surnames

1,491

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,702)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,502	Meidinger	1,493	206,795
#18,507	In	1,492	206,934
#18,511	Frain	1,491	207,073

Who is named Helzer

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

95% of people named Helzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Helzer

Helzer has the Soundex code H426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H426.

Questions

How common is the surname Helzer?: 1,491 people in the United States had the surname Helzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Helzer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Helzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Helzer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, up 2.1%.