Hoffmeister Surname

42,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Hoffmeister Surname Definition:

(German) The steward or head servant.

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Hoffmeister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,1841:9,8371,232
United States2,2621:160,23816,309
Brazil1,4061:152,2585,825
England621:898,67846,462
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Chile461:382,96710,457
Canada451:818,79163,991
Sweden311:317,63722,171
France261:2,554,720189,486
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Peru211:1,513,53022,524
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Paraguay161:452,2976,189
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Austria101:851,54467,454
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
China51:273,464,31313,838
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5151:97,5129,915

Hoffmeister Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The steward or head servant.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname refered to a court master according or yard master.

- nursieman

Hoffmeister Last Name Facts

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

Hoffmeister occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoffmeister? popularity and diffusion

It is the 42,155th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 588,370 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Hoffmeister live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hoffmeister is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 8,184 people, or 1 in 9,837. In Germany Hoffmeister is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 30 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 9 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.

Hoffmeister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hoffmeister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hoffmeister surname rose 439 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 194 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hoffmeister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hoffmeister surname are 13.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.3% registered with the political party.

The amount Hoffmeister earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 1.79% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,732 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.08% less than the national average, earning R 182,796 per year; in United States they earn 11.33% more than the national average, earning $48,038 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.83% more than the national average, earning $65,002 CAD per year.

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