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The surname Hoffmeyer

A surname, carried by 1,217 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H156

Hoffmeyer: #21,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoffmeyer #21,470, 1,217 people Hoffmeyer: #21,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoffmeyer #21,470, 1,217 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoffmeyer is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,217 people named Hoffmeyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,187.

#21,470
rank among US surnames
1,217
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #20,711)

Who is named Hoffmeyer

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

96% of people named Hoffmeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoffmeyer

Hoffmeyer has the Soundex code H156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H156.

Questions

How common is the surname Hoffmeyer?
1,217 people in the United States had the surname Hoffmeyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. It ranked 21,470th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoffmeyer?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hoffmeyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hoffmeyer getting more or less common?
More common. 1,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,217 in 2010, up 2.5%.