Hoflich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: iour, from Ger. hoflich polite, well-mannered, refined, MHG hovelich (an adj
/hɑfɫɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hoflich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 80K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 815Kas Hoeflich
- ATAustria≈1 in 115K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hoflich itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 132 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 80K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hoeflich in US United States, GB United Kingdom, ZA South Africa and 3 more and Höflich in DE Germany, AT Austria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
iour, from Ger. hoflich polite, well-mannered, refined, MHG hovelich (an adj. deriv. of hof court (see Hofmeister), a caique on OF courtois (see Curtis i)). See also Hubsch.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hoflich counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 80K | listed | Höflich | 51 |
| US United States | — | 408as Hoeflich | 1 in 815K | 408 | Hoeflich | 132 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 643K | listed | Hoeflich | 9 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈77 est. | ≈1 in 115K | — | Höflich | 8 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Hoeflich | 5 |
| PL Poland | — | 25 | 1 in 1.5M | 15 | Hoeflich | 1 |
| LS Lesotho | — | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Hoeflich | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 375K | — | Hoflich | 1 |
| SC Seychelles | #543 | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Hoeflich | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hoflich is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, our, from Ger. hoflich polite, well-mannered, refined, MHG hovelich (an adj. deriv. of hof court (see Hofmeister), a caique on OF courtois (see Curtis i)). See also Hubsch.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hoflich come from?
- iour, from Ger. hoflich polite, well-mannered, refined, MHG hovelich (an adj. deriv. of hof court (see Hofmeister), a caique on OF courtois (see Curtis i)). See also Hubsch. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Hoflich?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑfɫɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hoflich mean?
- Recorded meaning: iour, from Ger. hoflich polite, well-mannered, refined, MHG hovelich (an adj.
- In which country does Hoflich have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 997 people named Hoflich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled höflich.
- How common is the name Hoflich?
- In Poland, the national register counted 25 people named Hoflich in 2026, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
- How common is Hoflich compared with other names?
- In the Seychelles, Hoflich is the 543rd most common surname of 2,002 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hoflichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hoflich” — the 543rd most common surname in Seychelles. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.