as a Last Name
- 6,549
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hofer
Meaning & Origins
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived at, worked on, or managed a farm, from Middle High German hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’, ‘court’ + the agent suffix -er. Compare Hoffmann.
| 4,630th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,549
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Hofer per capita
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