Hoffman Forename

219,201st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,291 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Hoffman Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A courtier.

Hoffman Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
4231:857,06118,919
Ghana
100%
2251:119,9394,817
Venezuela
87%
 
1201:251,6828,498
South Africa
100%
1141:478,35723,235
Colombia
100%
551:868,70810,541
Brazil
90%
 
551:3,895,20366,134
Mexico
100%
331:3,761,95217,018
Honduras
94%
 
251:352,6996,316
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Papua New Guinea
100%
181:452,90634,619
Indonesia-171:15,174,333422,648
Peru
100%
171:1,870,08619,702
China-151:91,070,38564,310
Nicaragua
100%
151:401,2227,581
Australia-151:910,50811,282
Jamaica-111:262,1127,926
Cameroon
100%
111:1,964,59142,624
Hong Kong-111:704,7934,980
Malaysia
100%
91:3,383,32786,111
Philippines
100%
91:11,778,831158,973
Canada-71:4,733,33948,640
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Costa Rica
100%
61:794,6589,692
Tanzania
100%
61:8,798,05338,955
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Bolivia-41:2,650,3514,903
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Zimbabwe
50%
 
21:7,711,90884,647
Lesotho
100%
21:1,019,99836,117
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Singapore
100%
11:6,287,05439,645
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Germany
50%
 
11:96,677,87695,912
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299

The alternate forms: Hôffman (1) are calculated separately.

Hoffman (223,445) may also be a surname.

Hoffman Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: A courtier.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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