Helsen Surname
Approximately 4,200 people bear this surname
Helsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3,589 | 1:3,203 | 320 |
| Netherlands | 249 | 1:67,820 | 11,570 |
| United States | 175 | 1:2,071,194 | 131,950 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Helsén (92) are calculated separately.
Helsen (52) may also be a first name.
Helsen Demographics
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Helsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helsen is most common in Belgium. It can also be found as: Helsén. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helsen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 110,636th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,735,130 people. The last name Helsen is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Helsen live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,381,723rd most common forename globally, borne by 52 people.
The surname Helsen is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 3,589 people, or 1 in 3,203. In Belgium Helsen is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Belgium this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Helsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Helsen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Helsen surname expanded 761 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Helsen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Helsen last name are 37.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 84.48% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Helsen earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 22.23% more than the national average, earning $52,740 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning $60,279 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
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