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    The surname Hofmeister

    A German surname, carried by 2,394 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H152

    Hofmeister: #12,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hofmeister #12,861, 2,394 people Hofmeister: #12,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hofmeister #12,861, 2,394 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hofmeister is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Hofmeister.

    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 2,394 people named Hofmeister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,966 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,299.

    #12,861
    rank among US surnames
    2,394
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,389)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,856Cliff2,395128,913
    #12,861Hofmeister2,394128,966
    #12,865Wunder2,393129,020
    #12,869Buckwalter2,392129,074

    Who is named Hofmeister

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

    96% of people named Hofmeister identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hofmeisters

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Max Hofmeister
      Austrian footballer (1913-2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hofmeister

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hofmeister come from?
    Borrowed from German Hofmeister.
    How common is the surname Hofmeister?
    2,394 people in the United States had the surname Hofmeister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,966 Americans. It ranked 12,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hofmeister?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hofmeister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hofmeister?
    Max Hofmeister, Austrian footballer (1913-2000).
    Where is the surname Hofmeister most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hofmeister in Austria.
    Is the surname Hofmeister getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,394 in 2010, up 4.1%.