Helms is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Helms
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Helms

How popular is Helms?

Helms is common in United States.

Helms is ranked 12968 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Helmses plummeted by 19.43688 per cent to 23949 since 2000 and slipped by 419 spots and ranked at 1493. The last name was found in around 81 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.3 92.75
Black 4.43 4.22
Others 1.7 1.07
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 1.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.63 0.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.33 0.29
Helms is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 40721 people have been found who wears Helms as their family name. Helms is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
318,252 Ukraine6
1,387 Togo4
4,915 Panama3
67,494 South Africa3
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,054 China3
184,212 France3
14,078 Japan3
108,034 Italy3
2,617 Cambodia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
23,344 Austria2
9,185 Hong Kong2
4,164 Vietnam2
4,367 Afghanistan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
26,123 Malaysia2
40,256 Mexico2
18,718 Thailand2
53,033 Nigeria1
1,704,541 India1
16,228 Bulgaria1
846 American Samoa1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
123,175 Tanzania1
3,952 Yemen1
5,916 Mozambique1
28,365 Kenya1
6,212 Jamaica1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
38,841 Scotland1
20,172 Hungary1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
53,505 Turkey1
3,586 Honduras1
17,575 Kuwait1
24,460 Armenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
37,591 Belgium37
54,131 Spain34
23,443 Norway26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
83,365 Brazil95
11,021 Chile81
Countries with hundreds of Helms:
940 Denmark565
9,216 Netherlands306
17,294 Canada211
13,044 Australia210
28,709 England161
5,261 New Zealand144
Countries with thousands of Helms:
2,030 Germany4,035
Countries with ten thousands of Helms:
1,103 United States34,595
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Helms Namesakes

  • Jack Helms, Football player
  • Richard Helms, Former Director of Central Intelligence
  • Chet Helms, Promoter
  • Barret Helms, Actor
  • Bernd Helmschrot, Soccer player
  • Bobby Helms, Singer
  • Don Helms, Guitarist
  • Jesse Helms, Former United States Senator
  • Ed Helms, Actor
  • Gwenael Akira Helmsdal Carré, Actor
  • Mike Helms, from 2018 drama film Wrong Place, Wrong Time: The Last Days of Kalamazoo, who played N.
  • In 2013, Tori Helms portrayed the role of Waitress in mystery and sci-fi movie Headrush.

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