Helva Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Helva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 618 | 1:125,925 | 10,386 |
| Israel | 98 | 1:87,323 | 10,358 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Helva (1,088) may also be a first name.
Helva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Helva (Arabic: هيلفا) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Helva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Helva is the 459,598th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Helva are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 73 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Helva is also the 241,985th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 1,088 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 125,925. In Turkey Helva is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 31 percent reside, Manisa Province, where 22 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Turkey Helva exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.
Helva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Helva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Helva surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Helva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Helva in the Arabic language | ||
| هيلفا | hylfa | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Helva
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