The Helou surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 426 people carried this name — #49,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 30% from 328 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 513 people named Helou.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Finistère.
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 170 people named Helou 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Helou live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 the Nordic population registers
37 people named Helou 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
Helou in American newspapers,
1895–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,160 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Helou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Helou 1913–2001 · writer -
Anissa Helou 1952– · cook -
Marina Helou 1987– · politician -
Perla Helou 1995– · television presenter -
Majid Ataa Dhiab Al-Helou 1968– · politician
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Abdul Latif Helou 1971– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 12 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Helou.
- Helm 11,649 · 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
- Helvig 221 · U.S. census
- Helwig 2,863 · U.S. census
- Hem 1,021 · U.S. census
- Hemberger 729 · U.S. census
- Hemme 728 · U.S. census
- Hemmen 512 · U.S. census
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