Hofmeister Surname

36,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Hofmeister Surname Definition:

(German) The steward or head servant.

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Hofmeister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8,5061:9,4651,187
United States3,3831:107,14111,741
Austria1,3191:6,456787
Brazil4371:489,87318,497
Canada1351:272,93025,634
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Czechia1181:90,11415,013
Hungary1111:88,4358,728
Switzerland931:88,3119,808
Denmark651:86,8428,367
Finland321:171,77215,201
Australia301:899,85754,700
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
England281:1,989,93178,001
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Slovakia181:296,46943,115
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Israel161:534,85239,210
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Norway101:514,22941,629
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3211:156,44414,384

Hofmeister 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

Hofmeister Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hofmeister (Arabic: هوفمايستر) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hofmeister? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 36,102nd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 498,566 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Hofmeister reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 8,506 people, or 1 in 9,465. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 31 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Austria, where 9 percent are found.

Hofmeister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hofmeister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hofmeister last name expanded 1,054 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hofmeister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hofmeister surname are 13.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hofmeister earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.71% less than the national average, earning 219,021 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.16% more than the national average, earning R 368,712 per year; in United States they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $47,952 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning $51,510 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hofmeister Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hofmeister in the Arabic language
هوفمايسترhwfmaystr-

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