Helmes Surname
Approximately 3,347 people bear this surname
Helmes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,984 | 1:40,577 | 5,358 |
| United States | 727 | 1:498,568 | 41,951 |
| Netherlands | 372 | 1:45,396 | 7,721 |
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| Mexico | 45 | 1:2,758,360 | 22,009 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 344 | 1:145,985 | 13,636 |
The alternate forms: Helmeš (18) are calculated separately.
Helmes (607) may also be a first name.
Helmes Demographics
Average Helmes Salary in
United States
$43,825 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Helmes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helmes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Helmes is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Helmeš. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Helmes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 134,500th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,177,337 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Helmes live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 339,191st most widely held given name on earth It is held by 607 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,984 people, or 1 in 40,577. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 54 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and The Netherlands, where 11 percent live.
Helmes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Helmes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Helmes surname expanded 211 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Helmes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Helmes surname are 14.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.87% registered with the party.
The amount Helmes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 51.92% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,320 per year; in United States they earn 1.57% more than the national average, earning $43,825 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.34% less than the national average, earning $47,526 CAD 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
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- 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 Helmes
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