Helps Surname

191,772nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Helps Surname Definition:

Hugo de Helpe, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry Helbe, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). See Alpe.

Helps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8981:62,0477,303
Australia3981:67,8288,074
Canada3541:104,08411,244
United States2181:1,662,656110,804
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
New Zealand501:90,56612,574
Jamaica461:62,3903,274
Wales431:71,9666,223
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France41:16,605,680368,153
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malta11:430,2723,380
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5531:44,0785,490
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Helps Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Hugo de Helpe, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Henry Helbe, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). See Alpe.

The Norman People (1874)

Helps Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Helps Come From? nationality or country of origin

Helps occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Helps? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 191,772nd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,317,044 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 46 percent of Helps are found; 45 percent are found in Northern Europe and 45 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Helps is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 898 people, or 1 in 62,047. In England Helps is most numerous in: Greater London, where 13 percent live, Somerset, where 10 percent live and Cheshire, where 6 percent live. Outside of England this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 16 percent live.

Helps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Helps has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 623 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 269 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Helps Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Helps last name are 11.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.7% being registered with the political party.

The amount Helps earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 158.17% more than the national average, earning R 613,512 per year; in United States they earn 20.47% more than the national average, earning $51,983 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $53,032 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chelps912/
Helpst910/
Help89396/
Elps8967/
Helpe8011/
Halps8010/
Holps805/
Chelp804/
Hilps803/
Ahlps802/
Khelp801/
Helbs801/
Elpsh801/
Helph800/
Jelps800/
Elp7552/
Jelphs7313/
Helphe738/
Chilps733/
Healph731/
Helbst731/
Heylep730/
Gehelp730/
Elpe67836/
Alps67499/
Elbs67307/
Helb67192/
Hilp67129/
Olps6754/
Gelp676/
Helv675/
Elph672/
Eslp672/
Elpp672/
Jelp671/
Elpz671/
Eulp671/
Eelp671/
Hessilp671/
Elhp671/
Hilpsch670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Helps
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