How common is the surname Hoffmann?

16,966 people in the United States had the surname Hoffmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,198 Americans. It ranked 2,136th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoffmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hoffmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hoffmann?

Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956), followed by Gaby Hoffmann.

Where is the surname Hoffmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoffmann in Austria, Brazil and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Hoffmann getting more or less common?

More common. 15,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,966 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Hoffmann

A German surname, carried by 16,966 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H155

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

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hoffmann.

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 16,966 people named Hoffmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,198 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,970.

#2,136

rank among US surnames

16,966

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,082)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,127	Read	17,048	18,110
#2,128	Hobson	17,043	18,116
#2,129	Bustos	17,040	18,119
#2,130	Benedict	17,036	18,123
#2,131	Vandyke	17,030	18,130
#2,132	Troyer	16,981	18,182
#2,133	Ham	16,980	18,183

Who is named Hoffmann

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

95% of people named Hoffmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoffmanns

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Hoffmann
Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956)
Gaby Hoffmann
American actress, born 1982
Banesh Hoffmann
American mathematician and physicist (1906-1986)
Sylvio Hoffmann
Brazilian footballer (1908-1991)
Gleisi Hoffmann
Brazilian politician and lawyer, born 1965
Robert Hoffmann
Austrian actor (1939-2022)
Johann Hoffmann
Austrian football player (1908-1970)

Notable Hoffmanns come mostly from Austria (3), Brazil (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoffmann

Hoffmann has the Soundex code H155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H155.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hoffmann come from?: Borrowed from German Hoffmann.
How common is the surname Hoffmann?: 16,966 people in the United States had the surname Hoffmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,198 Americans. It ranked 2,136th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoffmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hoffmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hoffmann?: Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956), followed by Gaby Hoffmann.
Where is the surname Hoffmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoffmann in Austria, Brazil and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Hoffmann getting more or less common?: More common. 15,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,966 in 2010, up 6.2%.