Helwes Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Helwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 117 | 1:688,081 | 52,903 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Helwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helwes is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Helwes click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helwes? popularity and diffusion
Helwes is the 1,380,086th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Helwes is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Helwes reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 688,081. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Hamburg, where 15 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwes | 91 | 341 | / |
| Elwess | 83 | 285 | / |
| Halwes | 83 | 73 | / |
| Helbes | 83 | 47 | / |
| Helves | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ahlwes | 83 | 11 | / |
| Helwys | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elweas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elwesh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Helwis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Holwes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Helvies | 77 | 2 | / |
| Halwees | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hollwes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elweiss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Holwess | 77 | 1 | / |
| Helveus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hellwis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Helwish | 77 | 0 | / |
| Elves | 73 | 637 | / |
| Alwes | 73 | 267 | / |
| Elwis | 73 | 222 | / |
| Elbes | 73 | 57 | / |
| Olwes | 73 | 37 | / |
| Elwez | 73 | 3 | / |
| Elues | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ilwes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gelves | 67 | 7,142 | / |
| Jelves | 67 | 1,088 | / |
| Elveus | 67 | 389 | / |
| Elbesh | 67 | 315 | / |
| Eilbes | 67 | 147 | / |
| Halves | 67 | 137 | / |
| Elbess | 67 | 122 | / |
| Gelbes | 67 | 84 | / |
| Hilves | 67 | 82 | / |
| Helvis | 67 | 73 | / |
| Alweis | 67 | 69 | / |
| Elwish | 67 | 54 | / |
| Allwes | 67 | 45 | / |
| Elways | 67 | 32 | / |
| Elwise | 67 | 26 | / |
| Helbis | 67 | 24 | / |
| Elwiss | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hilbes | 67 | 20 | / |
| Jelbes | 67 | 12 | / |
| Elvies | 67 | 10 | / |
| Elvest | 67 | 8 | / |
| Helwic | 67 | 7 | / |
| Alwesh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Alwees | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jelues | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alwies | 67 | 3 | / |
| Olweus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elveis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellves | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helbez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helbys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ealwis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwezh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Halwis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eluese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gelues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwisz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elveas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elveys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwyos | 67 | 0 | / |
| Elvese | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eilwis | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hillwiess | 67 | 0 | / |
| Holves | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Helwes
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