Hoffmester Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
South Africa

Hoffmester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hoffmester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Hoffmester Last Name Facts

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

Hoffmester is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoffmester? popularity and diffusion

Hoffmester is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Hoffmester occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Hoffmester live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Mato Grosso do Sul, where 67 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent live. Excluding Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Hoffmester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hoffmester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hoffmester last name decreased 40 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hoffmester
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