Frequency: (772)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch, North German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hofmann (see Hoffmann).
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%; Dutch 5%. Kurt (3), Bernd, Claus, Fritz, Hans, Henrich, Matthias, Otto, Volker, Waltraud, Wolf; Dirk (3), Marinus (2), Roelf (2), Cornelus, Gerrit, Gert, Harmen, Hendrick, Jilles, Willem, Willen, Wim.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
