The Heldt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,306 people carried this name — #20,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is down 24% from 1,717 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
283 people named Heldt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 338 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 126 people named Heldt.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Heldt live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
88 people named Heldt is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Heldt in American newspapers,
1893–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,941 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heldt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernardus Hermanus Heldt 1841–1914 · politician -
Max Heldt 1872–1933 · politician -
Andreas Heldt 1661–1745 · painter
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Johan Reinhold Heldt 1677–1741
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Hans-Ulrich Heldt 1722–1813 · master builder
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Johanna Elisabeth Heldt 1724–1757
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heldt.
- Heitzmann 380 · U.S. census
- Hekimian 169 · U.S. census
- Helal 323 · U.S. census
- Helbert 798 · U.S. census
- Helbling 1,107 · U.S. census
- Held 7,195 · U.S. census
- Heleine 109 · U.S. census
- Helf 573 · U.S. census
- Helfenstein 221 · U.S. census
- Helfer 1,530 · U.S. census
- Helfrich 3,482 · U.S. census
- Helfrick 306 · U.S. census
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