Hoffermann Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Hoffermann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoffermann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Hoffermann Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hoffermann Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hoffermann is most common in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoffermann? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hoffermann is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Hoffermann occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Hoffermann reside; 45 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Hoffermann is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany Hoffermann is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 75 percent are found and Bavaria, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 18 percent are found.

Hoffermann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hoffermann has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hoffermann surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hoffermann
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