How common is the surname Hofstetter?

2,195 people in the United States had the surname Hofstetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,659 Americans. It ranked 13,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hofstetter?

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

Who is the most famous person named Hofstetter?

Valkyrae, American video game streamer (born 1992).

Where is the surname Hofstetter most common?

Wikidata records people named Hofstetter in the United States.

Is the surname Hofstetter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,195 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Hofstetter

A surname, carried by 2,195 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hofstetter is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,195 people named Hofstetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,659 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,164.

#13,781

rank among US surnames

2,195

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,775	Balke	2,196	140,595
#13,781	Pettengill	2,195	140,659
#13,786	Schuessler	2,194	140,723
#13,790	Cuddy	2,193	140,787

Who is named Hofstetter

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

95% of people named Hofstetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hofstetters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Valkyrae
American video game streamer (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hofstetter

Huffstetler

Hofstetter has the Soundex code H123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H123.

Questions

How common is the surname Hofstetter?: 2,195 people in the United States had the surname Hofstetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,659 Americans. It ranked 13,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hofstetter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hofstetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hofstetter?: Valkyrae, American video game streamer (born 1992).
Where is the surname Hofstetter most common?: Wikidata records people named Hofstetter in the United States.
Is the surname Hofstetter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,195 in 2010, up 1.4%.