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

The last name Hoffmester is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hoffmester click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoffmester? popularity and diffusion

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

The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Hoffmester is mostly found in: Mato Grosso do Sul, where 67 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 43 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Hoffmester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hoffmester has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the 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
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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 Hoffmester
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