Hofstra Surname
Approximately 3,865 people bear this surname
Hofstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,944 | 1:5,736 | 610 |
| United States | 688 | 1:526,830 | 43,910 |
| Canada | 128 | 1:287,856 | 26,805 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Hofstra Demographics
Average Hofstra Salary in
United States
$55,346 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hofstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hofstra occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofstra? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 118,939th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,885,523 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Hofstra reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,944 people, or 1 in 5,736. In The Netherlands Hofstra is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 40 percent are found, North Holland, where 11 percent are found and South Holland, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands Hofstra exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Hofstra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hofstra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hofstra last name expanded 8,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hofstra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hofstra surname are 30.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.14% being registered with the party.
The amount Hofstra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.54% less than the national average, earning 171,161 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87.93% less than the national average, earning R 28,692 per year; in United States they earn 28.27% more than the national average, earning $55,346 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $49,608 CAD 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 Hofstra
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