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The Hofstetter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,195 people carried this name — #13,781 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,164 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

4,428 people named Hofstetter live in Switzerland.

They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 871
Bern 750
Zurich 744
St. Gallen 561
Aargau 263
Thurgau 210
Vaud 127
Basel-Landschaft 116

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 689 people named Hofstetter 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 302
Santa Fe 206
Chaco 55
Córdoba 53
Buenos Aires Province 51
City of Buenos Aires 11
La Pampa 11

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 156 people named Hofstetter.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 17
Bas-Rhin 71
Paris 19
Haut-Rhin 9
Loire 8
Gers 5
Haute-Marne 5
Isère 4
Moselle 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Hofstetter in American newspapers,
1904–1917.

Newspaper page from The Record carrying the name Hofstetter
The Record 1916-10-06
Newspaper page from The Record carrying the name Hofstetter
The Record 1917-04-10
Newspaper page from Elk City Mining News carrying the name Hofstetter
Elk City Mining News 1904-05-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,099 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hofstetter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johannes Hofstetter-Oertli 1670–1760
  • Filip Hofstetter 1671–1720 · missionary
  • Daniel Hofstetter 1828–1910 · politician
  • Johannes Hofstetter-Meier 1838–1902 · politician
  • Alfred Hofstetter 1869–1955 · politician
  • Mina Hofstetter 1883–1967 · farmer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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