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The HELLING surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,374 18526 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 279 15083 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +1095 -3443 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 41 29624 0 3
United Kingdom 93 24319 0 2
Top States for HELLING by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Minnesota 182 3413 0.004 37
Iowa 122 3162 0.004 42
Missouri 114 5865 0.002 20
California 113 19369 0.000 3
Wisconsin 92 8777 0.002 17
Top States for HELLING by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Dakota 28 3700 0.004 44
Iowa 122 3162 0.004 42
South Dakota 29 4157 0.004 38
Minnesota 182 3413 0.004 37
Wyoming 17 3677 0.003 34

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HELLING live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HELLING represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HELLING in Minnesota than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HELLING by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HELLING

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HELLING surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HELLING surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HELLING in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 13 0.95
Asian/Pacific 10 0.73
White (Hispanic) 10 0.73
White (Caucasian) 1,333 97.02
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HELLING surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HELLING in historical publications

(origin: Local) Hellan, in the Welsh, signifies the elms--the place of elms. Helling, in the Dutch, means a slope or declivity.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to HELLING

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HELLING.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HELLING

The following words are slight variants of HELLING that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.