How common is the surname Hoff?

17,223 people in the United States had the surname Hoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,926 Americans. It ranked 2,103rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hoff?

Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher (born 1950), followed by Marcian Hoff.

Where is the surname Hoff most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoff in the United States.

Is the surname Hoff getting more or less common?

Less common. 17,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,223 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Hoff

A surname, carried by 17,223 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoff is more common than 98.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,223 people named Hoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,926 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,408.

#2,103

rank among US surnames

17,223

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,893)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,095	McGovern	17,257	17,891
#2,096	Boykin	17,255	17,893
#2,097	Saldivar	17,250	17,898
#2,098	Woodson	17,242	17,907
#2,099	Oakley	17,238	17,911
#2,100	Whittaker	17,234	17,915
#2,102	Huddleston	17,231	17,918

Who is named Hoff

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

93% of people named Hoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoffs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christina Hoff Sommers
American author and philosopher (born 1950)
Marcian Hoff
American electrical engineer, born 1937
Katie Hoff
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1989
Nicholas J. Hoff
American aeronautical engineer (1906–1997)
Christian Hoff
American actor, born 1968
Benjamin Hoff
American writer, born 1946
Philip H. Hoff
American politician (1924–2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hoff

Hoff has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

Questions

How common is the surname Hoff?: 17,223 people in the United States had the surname Hoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,926 Americans. It ranked 2,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoff?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hoff?: Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher (born 1950), followed by Marcian Hoff.
Where is the surname Hoff most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoff in the United States.
Is the surname Hoff getting more or less common?: Less common. 17,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,223 in 2010, down 1.1%.