The Helbling surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,107 people carried this name — #23,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,086 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,673 people named Helbling live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Helbling.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 100 people named Helbling live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Helbling,
with a public archive behind them.
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Seifried Helbling 1230–1301 · writer
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Seifried Helbling 1240–1301 · writer
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Mathes Helbling 1350– · architect
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Karl Helbling 1708–1746 · librarian
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Franz Thaddäus Helbling 1737–1783 · painter
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Felix Helbling 1802–1873 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Helbling.
- Heitz 2,852 · U.S. census
- Heitzler 121 · U.S. census
- Heitzmann 380 · U.S. census
- Hekimian 169 · U.S. census
- Helal 323 · U.S. census
- Helbert 798 · U.S. census
- Held 7,195 · U.S. census
- Heldt 1,306 · U.S. census
- Heleine 109 · U.S. census
- Helf 573 · U.S. census
- Helfenstein 221 · U.S. census
- Helfer 1,530 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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