Helfrich surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Helfrich surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,482 people carried this name — #9,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,480).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 210 people named Helfrich.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Paris 44
Bas-Rhin 31
Sarthe 21
Gironde 9
Yvelines 7
Calvados 7
Lot-et-Garonne 6
Indre-et-Loire 5

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 51 people named Helfrich 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 51

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Helfrich live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 11
Basel-Landschaft 9
Bern 8
Vaud 4
Aargau 3

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 print

Helfrich in American newspapers,
1911–1914.

Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Helfrich
The Daily Missoulian 1914-08-26
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Helfrich
The Ronan Pioneer 1912-11-01
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Helfrich
The Daily Missoulian 1911-12-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,169 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Helfrich,
with a public archive behind them.

  • O. L. Helfrich
    O. L. Helfrich 1860–1958 · archivist
  • Marguérite Helfrich
    Marguérite Helfrich 1872–1965 · model
  • Amy Constance W. Helfrich 1862–
  • Conrad Helfrich 1886–1962 · military personnel
  • Ty Helfrich 1890–1955 · baseball player
  • Sepp Helfrich 1900–1963 · politician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Helfrich is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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