The Heller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,373 people carried this name — #1,399 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (25,371).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,143 people named Heller live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Poland’s population register
866 people named Heller have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,075 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 849 people named Heller.
88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Bas-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 208 people named Heller 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Heller live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
173 people named Heller 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
Heller in American newspapers,
1885.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,191,344 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Heller 1455–1522 · mayor -
Joachim Heller 1518–1590 · teacher -
Johann Heller d. 1472 · theologian
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Josef Heller d. 1999 · luger
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Lev Vladimír Heller d. 1958 · lawyer
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Irene Sophie Heller d. 1978
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heller.
- Helin 480 · U.S. census
- Heline 146 · U.S. census
- Hell 373 · U.S. census
- Hellard 841 · U.S. census
- Helle 1,877 · U.S. census
- Hellebuyck 228 · U.S. census
- Helley 117 · U.S. census
- Hellier 192 · U.S. census
- Hellmann 1,458 · U.S. census
- Helly 130 · U.S. census
- Helm 11,649 · U.S. census
- Helme 372 · U.S. census
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