The Helfand Last Name

People named Helfand share a German surname with a long history. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who came from Helfand, in Saarburg; dweller at the sign of the elephant”.

• That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place.
• The 2010 census count for Helfand in the United States was 564, good for rank 39,052. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Heraldry and the Helfand name

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Helfand, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Research your Helfand family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.