The Hoffmeyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,217 people carried this name — #21,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,187 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Hoffmeyer live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Hoffmeyer.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Hoffmeyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andreas Brock Hoffmeyer 1809–1876 · teacher -
Niels Hoffmeyer 1836–1884 · meteorologist -
Ludwig Hoffmeyer 1845–1935 · pedagogue -
Meta Strüve 1586–1659
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Jean-Baptiste Hoffmeyer 1778–1853
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Julius Hoffmeyer 1841–1911 · librarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hoffmeyer.
- Hoffarth 632 · U.S. census
- Hoffbeck 195 · U.S. census
- Hoffer 5,969 · U.S. census
- Hoffert 1,771 · U.S. census
- Hoffman 131,401 · U.S. census
- Hoffmann 16,966 · 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
- Hofstetter 2,195 · U.S. census
- Hogard 310 · U.S. census
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