How common is the last name Helms?

28,231 people in the United States have the last name Helms, about 1 in 10,588. It ranks #1,225 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HELMS

#1,225

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,231
About
1 in 10,588
This common or more
42.1%
Who bears it

Of the 28,231 people with the last name Helms, 88.6% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Helms

#1,223 Ritchie · 28,266#1,224 Sharpe · 28,263#1,226 Goldberg · 28,177#1,227 Tracy · 28,161

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Helms, most common first.

#38,609 Helmes · 617#68,391 Helmus · 310#108,494 Helems · 174

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