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The surname Hoffmaster

A German surname, carried by 1,289 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H152

Hoffmaster: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoffmaster #20,565, 1,289 people Hoffmaster: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoffmaster #20,565, 1,289 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoffmaster is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Hoffmeister.

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 1,289 people named Hoffmaster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,298.

#20,565
rank among US surnames
1,289
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-0.7%
change since 2000 (was #19,313)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,565Elmi1,289239,523
#20,574Follmer1,288239,709

Who is named Hoffmaster

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

96% of people named Hoffmaster identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoffmaster

Hoffmaster has the Soundex code H152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H152.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hoffmaster come from?
Variant of Hoffmeister.
How common is the surname Hoffmaster?
1,289 people in the United States had the surname Hoffmaster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. It ranked 20,565th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoffmaster?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hoffmaster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hoffmaster getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,289 in 2010, down 0.7%.