Helye Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Helye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 281 | 1:236,380 | 36,629 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Hélye (5) are calculated separately.
Helye (10) may also be a first name.
Helye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Helye is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Hélye. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Helye occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Helye live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Helye is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename world-wide, held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in France, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 236,380. In France it is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 39 percent reside, Grand Est, where 19 percent reside and Brittany, where 14 percent reside. Outside of France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Helye
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