The Hopfner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 116 people carried this name — #143,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 110 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hopfner surname
From Hopfen + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Höpfner» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Hopfner.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Hopfner live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hopfner.
When the index is not enough
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