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The Helfenstein surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 221 people carried this name — #84,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 223 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,119 people named Helfenstein live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 606
Zurich 123
Aargau 89
Zug 48
Nidwalden 34
Thurgau 31
Basel-Landschaft 30
Bern 29

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 104 people named Helfenstein 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 Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 54
Buenos Aires Province 50

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Helfenstein.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Moselle 43
Haut-Rhin 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Paris 5
Loir-et-Cher 3
Territoire de Belfort 2
Bas-Rhin 1
Var 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Helfenstein,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adelheid von Helfenstein d. 1413 · abbess
  • Beatrix of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1356–1400
  • Beatrix of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1356–1388
  • Beatrix of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1365–1400
  • Beatrix of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1365–1388
  • John II, Count of Helfenstein 1400–1444 · aristocrat

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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