Hoffmeester Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Hoffmeester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoffmeester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3591:150,91317,111
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Hoffmeester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hoffmeester occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoffmeester? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 746,827th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Hoffmeester live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Hoffmeester is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 150,913. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 89 percent live, Free State, where 4 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Hoffmeester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hoffmeester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hoffmeester surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hoffmeester Last Name Statistics demography

Hoffmeester earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.11% less than the national average, earning R 180,348 per year.

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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 Hoffmeester
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