Hoefer is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hoefer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Lastname Hoefer is a variant form of Hough. A township in Cheshire.

Is variant of Hoofe. If of English origin may be connected with the Anglo-Saxon Uffa or Offa, a well-known personal name.

The lastname is variation of the Hof. Of the court or garden.

The variation of Hofer. One who owned or worked a farm; one who came from Hof meaning "farm," in Germany.

One who owned or worked a farm; one who came from Hof meaning "farm," in Germany.

Hoefer is form of Hough. One who came from Hough meaning "spur of hill," in Cheshire.

How popular is Hoefer?

Hoefer is common in United States, Germany.

Hoefer is ranked 96448 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hoefer bearers increased by 3.71 per cent in 2010 US census to 2375 since 2000, the surname slipped by 505 spots and ranked at 12935. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.09 95.15
Black 2.53 2.23
Hispanic or Latino 2.44 1.22
Others 0.93 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.26
Hoefer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Germany lie ahead in terms of density. Around 4931 person has been found who wears Hoefer as their family name. Hoefer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hoefer:
11,613 United States3,426
8,556 Germany1,202
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,669 Australia93
43,418 Canada72
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
310,277 Thailand21
237,746 France16
52,281 Austria15
119,675 England15
40,624 Switzerland14
18,211 Singapore13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
177,858 South Africa7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Pierre Hoefer worked as farmer and hailed from Switzerland. 26 years old embarked for USA from Havre on New York and arrived on April 9, 1851. Friedrich Hoefer, aged 36, Paul. Hoefer, aged 7, Farmer Regina Hoefer, Wil. Hoefer, aged 6, 24 years old Jacob Hoefer, 24 years old Anna Hoefer, Narcis Hoefer, aged 24, Caspar Hoefer (20) Cultivator, and 197 other Hoefer around 40.94% of whom were farmer while others worked as musician and servant, joiner, shoemaker, clerk, laborer, baker, weaver, country man, smith, butcher, merchant, tailor migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Bremen.

Hoefer Namesakes

  • Karlgeorg Hoefer, German calligrapher and typographer
  • Ferdinand Hoefer, German-French physician and lexicographer

Hoefer Namesakes

  • Karlgeorg Hoefer, German calligrapher and typographer
  • Ferdinand Hoefer, German-French physician and lexicographer

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