Helton Surname
Approximately 32,700 people bear this surname
Helton Surname User-submission:
This surname was first noted in Cheshire, in a village at Elton, and later adopted by native Americans in the United States in the late 1700's. It means 'from the hilltops'.
Helton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31,825 | 1:11,389 | 1,415 |
| Brazil | 235 | 1:910,955 | 32,619 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Mozambique | 49 | 1:556,359 | 1,404 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 80 | 1:304,692 | 20,471 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,576 | 1:19,495 | 2,469 |
The alternate forms: Hélton (1) are calculated separately.
Helton (36,659) may also be a first name.
Helton Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname was first noted in Cheshire, in a village at Elton, and later adopted by native Americans in the United States in the late 1700's. It means 'from the hilltops'.
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Average Helton Salary in
United States
$38,944 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Helton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Helton (Marathi: हेलटन) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Hélton. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helton? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 16,970th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 222,861 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Helton are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Helton is also the 23,848th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 36,659 people.
Helton is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 31,825 people, or 1 in 11,389. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 12 percent are found, Kentucky, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 58 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.
Helton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Helton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Helton last name expanded 1,235 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 85 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Helton Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Helton surname are 25.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Helton earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $38,944 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.83% more than the national average, earning $51,586 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Helton Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Helton in the Marathi language | ||
| हेलटन | helatana | - |
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Helton Reference & Research
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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
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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 Helton
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