Hellman Surname
Approximately 12,676 people bear this surname
Hellman Surname Definition:
(English, German) Dweller in a deep, wide valley; one who settled on communal land; descendant of Hellmann, a German Jewish synonym for Samuel (God hath heard).
Hellman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,354 | 1:57,044 | 6,786 |
| Sweden | 3,775 | 1:2,608 | 247 |
| Finland | 1,484 | 1:3,704 | 581 |
| Canada | 165 | 1:223,307 | 21,472 |
| Chile | 106 | 1:166,193 | 5,518 |
| England | 104 | 1:535,751 | 33,356 |
| Paraguay | 100 | 1:72,367 | 1,860 |
| Norway | 81 | 1:63,485 | 9,023 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| Brazil | 65 | 1:3,293,451 | 94,173 |
| Poland | 33 | 1:1,151,780 | 76,152 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 46 | 1:529,899 | 28,330 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 864 | 1:58,123 | 6,454 |
Hellman (123) may also be a first name.
Hellman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English, German) Dweller in a deep, wide valley; one who settled on communal land; descendant of Hellmann, a German Jewish synonym for Samuel (God hath heard).
(from the name of a male ancestor) Heilman is a form of the name Samuel. Samuel is called in the Bible hanavi (“the prophet”), and his name was translated into German Helman (“clairvoyant,” “prophet”). It appears in the forms Hillman, Elman, Ellman. Since Russian Jews substitute a “g” for an “h,” the eastern European version of the name is Gellman, Gilman.
From hel-maen, the stony hill; or hâl-maen, the stony moor.
Hellman Demographics
Hellman Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Hellman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hellman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hellman occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hellman? popularity and diffusion
Hellman is the 41,245th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 574,909 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Hellman reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 840,349th most numerous first name globally It is held by 123 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 6,354 people, or 1 in 57,044. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 30 percent are found and Finland, where 12 percent are found.
Hellman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hellman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hellman last name grew 735 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 226 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hellman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Hellman surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hellman surname are 8.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.94% registered with the political party.
The amount Hellman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.95% more than the national average, earning 394,371 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.97% less than the national average, earning R 133,152 per year; in United States they earn 16.2% more than the national average, earning $50,137 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.55% more than the national average, earning $52,438 CAD per year.
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Hellman Reference & Research
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