How common is the surname Hofer?

7,682 people in the United States had the surname Hofer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,191 Americans. It ranked 4,617th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hofer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hofer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hofer?

Norbert Hofer, Austrian politician (born 1971), followed by Franz Hofer.

Where is the surname Hofer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hofer in Austria and Mexico.

Is the surname Hofer getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,682 in 2010, down 7.3%.

The surname Hofer

A German surname, carried by 7,682 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hofer is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hofer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,682 people named Hofer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,191 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,283.

#4,617

rank among US surnames

7,682

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-7.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,940)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,609	Whyte	7,701	40,092
#4,610	Ovalle	7,698	40,107
#4,611	Everson	7,694	40,128
#4,613	Shores	7,691	40,144
#4,614	Yuen	7,688	40,159
#4,615	Fontana	7,685	40,175
#4,616	Spruill	7,683	40,186

Who is named Hofer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Hofer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hofers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norbert Hofer
Austrian politician (born 1971)
Franz Hofer
Austrian politician (1902-1975)
Evelyn Hofer
American photographer (1922–2009)
Raphael Hofer
Austrian association football player, born 2003

Notable Hofers come mostly from Austria (3) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hofer

Hofer has the Soundex code H160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hofer come from?: Borrowed from German Hofer.
How common is the surname Hofer?: 7,682 people in the United States had the surname Hofer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,191 Americans. It ranked 4,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hofer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hofer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hofer?: Norbert Hofer, Austrian politician (born 1971), followed by Franz Hofer.
Where is the surname Hofer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hofer in Austria and Mexico.
Is the surname Hofer getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,682 in 2010, down 7.3%.