How common is the surname Hofmann?

9,192 people in the United States had the surname Hofmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. It ranked 3,857th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hofmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hofmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hofmann?

Otto Hofmann, Austrian-born German SS general, head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (1896-1982, followed by Leopold Hofmann.

Where is the surname Hofmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Hofmann in Austria, Germany and the United States and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Hofmann getting more or less common?

More common. 8,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,192 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Hofmann

A surname, carried by 9,192 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). Hofmann is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,192 people named Hofmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,824.

#3,857

rank among US surnames

9,192

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,695)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,854	Bader	9,197	33,570
#3,855	Hoy	9,196	33,574
#3,856	Sweat	9,194	33,581
#3,857	Hoyle	9,192	33,589
#3,859	Peter	9,191	33,592

Who is named Hofmann

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

95% of people named Hofmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hofmanns

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Otto Hofmann
Austrian-born German SS general, head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (1896-1982
Leopold Hofmann
Austrian footballer (1905-1976)
Leopold Hofmann
Austrian composer, 1738–1793
Willi Hofmann
Bobsledder, born 1940
Isabella Hofmann
American actress (born 1958)
Olivia Hofmann
Austrian sports shooter, born 1992
Mark Hofmann
American counterfeiter, forger and convicted murderer, born 1954
Maximilian Hofmann
Austrian association football player, born 1993
Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann
Baltic German geologist (1801-1871)
Werner Hofmann
Art historian (1928–2013)
Elise Hofmann
Austrian paleobotanist (1889-1955)
Melchior Hoffman
Anabaptist prophet (1490-1543)

Notable Hofmanns come mostly from Austria (5), Germany (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hofmann

Hofmann 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 Hofmann?: 9,192 people in the United States had the surname Hofmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. It ranked 3,857th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hofmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hofmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hofmann?: Otto Hofmann, Austrian-born German SS general, head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (1896-1982, followed by Leopold Hofmann.
Where is the surname Hofmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Hofmann in Austria, Germany and the United States and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Hofmann getting more or less common?: More common. 8,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,192 in 2010, up 4.2%.