Helfer Surname
Approximately 7,910 people bear this surname
Helfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,200 | 1:36,593 | 4,847 |
| United States | 2,065 | 1:175,525 | 17,631 |
| Switzerland | 895 | 1:9,176 | 1,499 |
| France | 890 | 1:74,632 | 10,459 |
| Brazil | 839 | 1:255,154 | 9,835 |
| Peru | 171 | 1:185,872 | 8,911 |
| Austria | 118 | 1:72,165 | 11,006 |
| Italy | 112 | 1:546,042 | 53,051 |
| Argentina | 76 | 1:562,413 | 40,543 |
| Czechia | 74 | 1:143,696 | 22,443 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| Ukraine | 46 | 1:989,624 | 92,482 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Hungary | 29 | 1:338,492 | 24,545 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 261 | 1:192,409 | 16,879 |
Helfer (130) may also be a first name.
Helfer Demographics
Average Helfer Salary in
United States
$50,823 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Helfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helfer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Helfer is the 63,330th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 921,308 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Helfer reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 35 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Helfer is also the 814,623rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 130 people.
The surname Helfer is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,200 people, or 1 in 36,593. In Germany Helfer is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 37 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Switzerland, where 11 percent live.
Helfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Helfer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Helfer surname increased 791 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Helfer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Helfer last name are 37.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.87% being registered with the party.
The amount Helfer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 131.43% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,863 per year; in South Africa they earn 201.91% more than the national average, earning R 717,456 per year; in United States they earn 17.78% more than the national average, earning $50,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.56% more than the national average, earning $54,932 CAD per year.
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Helfer Reference & Research
Helfer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Helfer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Helfer
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis