The Hoffman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 131,401 people carried this name — #224 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,240 people counted. That is down 1% from 132,645 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hoffman surname
Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hoffman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,613 people named Hoffman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,934 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 908 people named Hoffman live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 230 people named Hoffman.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 181 people named Hoffman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Hoffman live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
1,077 people named Hoffman are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hoffman in American newspapers,
1877–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 842,710 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hoffman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jonas Hoffman 1728–1780 · painter -
Josiah Ogden Hoffman 1766–1837 · judge -
Ogden Hoffman 1793–1856 · lawyer -
Karol Boromeusz Hoffman 1798–1875 · lawyer -
John T. Hoffman 1828–1888 · mayor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hoffman.
- Hoff 17,223 · U.S. census
- Hoffart 975 · U.S. census
- Hoffarth 632 · U.S. census
- Hoffbeck 195 · U.S. census
- Hoffer 5,969 · U.S. census
- Hoffert 1,771 · U.S. census
- Hoffmann 16,966 · U.S. census
- Hoffmeyer 1,217 · U.S. census
- Hoffner 2,198 · U.S. census
- Hoffstetter 310 · U.S. census
- Hofman 1,911 · U.S. census
- Hofmann 9,192 · U.S. census
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