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
Average Male Hellman Height
178.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hellman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hellman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hellman occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Hellman click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hellman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hellman is the 41,245th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 574,909 people. The surname Hellman occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Hellman live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hellman is also the 840,349th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 123 people.
The surname Hellman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 6,354 people, or 1 in 57,044. In The United States Hellman is most prevalent in: California, where 12 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States Hellman occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 30 percent live and Finland, where 12 percent live.
Hellman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hellman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hellman surname 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 carrying the Hellman surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Hellman last name are 8.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.94% registered to vote for the 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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Footnotes
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