The Hellman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,360 people carried this name — #9,661 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is down 25% from 4,469 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 33 people named Hellman 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 La Pampa.

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

Where they live today

La Pampa 12
Buenos Aires Province 11
Chubut 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Hellman live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Bern 8
Zurich 5
St. Gallen 4
Zug 4
Valais 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 the Nordic population registers

5,054 people named Hellman are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 3,590
Finland (2026) 1,464

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Hellman in American newspapers,
1843–1895.

Newspaper page from New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal carrying the name Hellman
New-hampshire Statesman And State Journal 1843-12-15
Newspaper page from Der Liberale Beobachter Und Berks, Montgomery Und Schuylkill Caunties Allgemeine Anzeiger carrying the name Hellman
Der Liberale Beobachter Und Berks, Montgomery Und Schuylkill Caunties Allgemeine Anzeiger 1843-12-26
Newspaper page from The News-herald carrying the name Hellman
The News-herald 1895-07-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hellman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

746 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hellman. The most, 131, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 450
Victoria 121
Queensland 63
South Australia 42
Western Australia 25
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hellman.

Who carried it

People named Hellman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frey Hellman
    Frey Hellman 1827–1887
  • Hilda Hellman
    Hilda Hellman 1839–1901 · teacher
  • Isaias W. Hellman
    Isaias W. Hellman 1842–1920 · banker
  • Herman W. Hellman
    Herman W. Hellman 1843–1906 · banker
  • Erik Hellman d. 1982 · jurist
  • Joseph Hellman d. 1941

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hellman,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,091 records

1,091 records of the Hellman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 538
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 203
  • Other U.S. records 350
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Raymond Hellman

    Born 1949; from San Mateo, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Karl H. Hellman

    Born 1917 in Indiana. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa; store manager. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ester Hellman

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Blucher from Hamburg, aged 28; servant. From Jakobstadt, Russia; bound for Brooklyn.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,091 records for Hellman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Finland52 records

52 records of the Hellman name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 27
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 25
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Kaarlo Johan Mauri Hellman

    Born 1922 in Artjärvi; farm labourer. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Myrskylä.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Johan Einar Hellman

    Born 1897 in Vihti; farm labourer. Died in 1918 in Helsinki, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Frans Emil Hellman

    Born 1875 in Tampere; labourer. Died in 1918 in Tampere, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 52 records for Hellman in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Netherlands45 records

45 records of the Hellman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 26
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 12
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Malvina Hellman

    Married in 1930 in 's-Gravenhage; domestic servant.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Marcel Mathieu Hellman

    Married in 1939 in Groningen; office clerk.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Barend Hellman

    Died 1831 in Oud-Loosdrecht, aged 48.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 45 records for Hellman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Hellman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Annie Hellman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Chimborazo, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick C. Hellman

    Grazier of Tahara, Victoria; died 1938.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Maria Hellman

    Of Ottendorf Mudgee, New South Wales; died 1897.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Hellman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway8 records

8 records of the Hellman name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Bernt Hellman

    Census of 1910: Strandgate, Egersund; "skiltmaler", born 1875 in Finland.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Hilma Hellman

    Census of 1910: Thv. Meyers gate, Kristiania; "rengjøringskone", born 1863 in Bohuslen Sverige.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Karl T. Hellman

    Census of 1910: Dannevigsveien, Kristiania; "spigerklipper", born 1852 in Sverge.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hellman in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Hellman name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alexander Hellman

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George F. Hellman

    Married 1880 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Erland Hellman

    Buried in 1987 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Hellman in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Hellman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucie Hellman

    Born 1915 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin); died 1999 in Talence (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Zelie Louise Elisabeth Hellman

    Born 1903 in Dijon (Côte-d'Or); died 1991 in Tremblay-en-France (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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