The Hofmann surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,824 people carried this name — #3,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
6,121 people named Hofmann live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 355 people named Hofmann.
125 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
169 people named Hofmann have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 321 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Hofmann 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 Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hofmann in American newspapers,
1901–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,652 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hofmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Melchior Hoffman 1490–1543 · Protestant reformer -
Leopold Hofmann 1738–1793 · composer -
Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal 1759–1849 · businessperson -
Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann 1801–1871 · geologist -
Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann 1810–1877 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hofmann.
- Hoffman 132,645 · U.S. census
- Hoffmann 15,970 · U.S. census
- Hoffmeyer 1,187 · U.S. census
- Hoffner 2,202 · U.S. census
- Hoffstetter 298 · U.S. census
- Hofman 1,970 · U.S. census
- Hofstetter 2,164 · U.S. census
- Hogard 305 · U.S. census
- Hoger 389 · U.S. census
- Hogg 7,299 · U.S. census
- Hoguet 109 · U.S. census
- Hoh 681 · U.S. census
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