St Helens Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

St Helens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

St Helens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

St Helens Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name St Helens Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname St Helens is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name St Helens? popularity and diffusion

St Helens is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name St Helens is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of St Helens are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 61 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England it is most numerous in: Merseyside, where 82 percent reside, Buckinghamshire, where 9 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent reside. Excluding England it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Spain, where 6 percent reside.

St Helens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of St Helens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 St Helens
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