Hofstädter Surname
Approximately 702 people bear this surname
Hofstädter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 446 | 1:19,093 | 2,960 |
| Germany | 198 | 1:406,593 | 37,350 |
| Hungary | 44 | 1:223,097 | 18,334 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Hofstadter (296) & Hofštädter (4) are calculated separately.
Hofstädter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofstädter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hofstädter occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Hofstadter or Hofštädter. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofstädter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 476,328th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hofstädter are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Austria, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 19,093. In Austria it is most numerous in: Lower Austria, where 37 percent are found, Burgenland, where 28 percent are found and Vienna, where 9 percent are found. Other than Austria Hofstädter exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 28 percent are found and Hungary, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Hofstädter
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