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helfer Name Meaning and History

South German: metonymic occupational name for an assistant of some kind, or nickname for a helpful person, from Middle High German hëlfære, German Helfer ‘helper’, ‘assistant’.

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Distribution of helfer Families in the US in 1920
Number of helfer families
 53-103
 18-52
 1-17
 0
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