# Hoffman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoffman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 131,401 |
| US rank (2010) | 224 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,350 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (132,645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoffman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hoffman in the United States, Australia, Belgium and Poland.

## People named Hoffman

- Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (1967–2014)
- Abbie Hoffman, American activist (1936–1989)
- Robert Hoffman, American actor
- Reid Hoffman, American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author
- Rick Hoffman, American actor
- Alice Hoffman, American novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer (born 1952)
- Cooper Hoffman, American film actor
- Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman, American astronaut
- Joanna Hoffman, American computer developer
- Michael Hoffman, American film director
- Leigh Hoffman, Australian track cyclist

and 31 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Huffman, Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.