Helk Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Helk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 163 | 1:493,899 | 42,398 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Helk (75) may also be a first name.
Helk Demographics
Average Helk Salary in
United States
$92,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Helk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helk is found most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 963,821st most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Helk occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Helk are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,116,575th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 75 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 493,899. In Germany Helk is mostly found in: Thuringia, where 29 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 13 percent are found and Denmark, where 11 percent are found.
Helk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Helk has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 7 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Helk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Helk surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.
The amount Helk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.55% more than the national average, earning 489,893 kr per year and in United States they earn 113.79% more than the national average, earning $92,250 USD per year.
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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 Helk
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