How common is the surname Hofman?

1,911 people in the United States had the surname Hofman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,562 Americans. It ranked 15,347th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hofman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hofman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hofman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,911 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Hofman

A surname, carried by 1,911 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). Hofman is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,911 people named Hofman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,562 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,970.

#15,347

rank among US surnames

1,911

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #14,038)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,340	Mungia	1,912	161,478
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562
#15,355	Lisi	1,910	161,647

Who is named Hofman

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

94% of people named Hofman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%

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 Hofman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Hofman?: 1,911 people in the United States had the surname Hofman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,562 Americans. It ranked 15,347th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hofman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hofman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hofman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,911 in 2010, down 3.0%.