Hofmans
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɦɔfmɑns/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hofmans is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- BEBelgium
- NLNetherlands
- NZNew Zealand
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josef Hoffmannb. 1870ATnot in their usual nameAustrian architect and product designer (1870-1956)
- Otto Hoffmanb. 1879USnot in their usual nameactor (1879-1944)
- Al Hoffmanb. 1902USnot in their usual nameRussian-born American song composer (1902-1960)
- Jerzy Hoffmanb. 1932PLnot in their usual namePolish film director
- Abbie Hoffmanb. 1936USnot in their usual nameAmerican activist (1936–1989)
- Dustin Hoffmanb. 1937USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1937)
- Michael Hoffmanb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director
- Philip Seymour Hoffmanb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1967–2014)
- Rick Hoffmanb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Jake Hoffmanb. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.4K | #830 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.3K | #860 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 939 | #1,853 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- How do you pronounce Hofmans?
- A machine transcription gives /ɦɔfmɑns/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- In which country does Hofmans have the most bearers?
- Hofmans is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
What do you want to know about Hofmans?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hofmansThe 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, “Hofmans”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.