Hélye Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Ireland

Hélye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hélye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Helye (290) are calculated separately.

Hélye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hélye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hélye is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Helye. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hélye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Hélye live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Hélye is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 33 percent live, Brittany, where 33 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 33 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Helye93290/
Élye891/
Hélie8096/
Hilye803/
Héleu802/
Hiliye73265/
Hailye7358/
Chelye736/
Helaye736/
Hélier735/
Heliye734/
Heleye734/
Ihllye733/
Héliez733/
Hélies732/
Healye732/
Hileye731/
Ahalye731/
Helyie731/
Helyeh731/
Heulye730/
Hylyer730/
Hilyet730/
Elye67124/
Élie6736/
Haileye6725/
Ylye6717/
Hailiye6716/
Hailaye6716/
Ilye6710/
Ahalyea674/
Hayleye674/
Healyey673/
Éloy672/
Chellye672/
Helouye671/
Chilyer671/
Chelyet671/
Chelyer671/
Heylyer671/
Hellyes671/
Hilliye671/
Hillaye671/
Hilleye671/
Heleyes671/
Healeye670/
Healyer670/
Heilyer670/
Hyllyer670/
Hillyed670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hélye
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