The Helm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,649 people carried this name — #3,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,300 people counted. That is down 30% from 16,700 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
165 people named Helm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 208 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-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 138 people named Helm.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-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
93 people named Helm live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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
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 49 people named Helm 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
204 people named Helm 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
Helm in American newspapers,
1907–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 559,641 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Helm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Václav Helm d. 1732 · printer
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Friedrich August Helm d. 1855 · bookseller
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Dora Helm d. 1951
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Heinrich Helm d. 1560
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Franz Helm 1500–1567 · author
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Lambert Ludolf Helm 1535–1596 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Helm.
- Hellebuyck 228 · U.S. census
- Heller 25,373 · U.S. census
- Helley 117 · U.S. census
- Hellier 192 · U.S. census
- Hellmann 1,458 · U.S. census
- Helly 130 · U.S. census
- Helme 372 · U.S. census
- Helmer 5,674 · U.S. census
- Helmlinger 374 · U.S. census
- Helmstetter 741 · U.S. census
- Helo 264 · U.S. census
- Helou 426 · U.S. census
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