Neuhoff
surname · Latin script
Meaning: distinguishing epithet for the owner or tenant of a new farm or manor, standardized from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ -(- hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’ or a habitational name from any of several places
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈnuˌhɔf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Neuhoff is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 718K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 67K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
distinguishing epithet for the owner or tenant of a new farm or manor, standardized from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ -(- hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’ or a habitational name from any of several places so named, for example in Saxony and Thuringia. Compare Niehoff.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Neuhoff 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 120K | — | Neuhoff | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Neuhoff | 89 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Neuhoff | 19 |
| US United States | 463 | 1 in 718K | 487 | Neuhoff | 173 |
| LR Liberia | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Neuhoff | 1 |
| BZ Belize | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Neuhoff | 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)
Neuhoff 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, ornamental name from German Neuhof ‘new yard’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ludwig Ferdinand Neuhoffb. 1870DEGerman landscape painter
- Walther Neuhoffb. 1891DEGerman mycologist (1891–1971)
- Hermann Neuhoffb. 1918DEGerman fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
- Volker Neuhoffb. 1928DEGerman sculptor and physician (1928-2016)
- Éric Neuhoffb. 1956FRFrench novelist and journalist
- Hans Neuhoffb. 1959DEGerman politician, MEP
- Otto Neuhoffb. 1959DEGerman politician and mayor
- Ulli Neuhoffb. 1965DEGerman journalist
- Karsten Neuhoffb. 1973DEeconomist
- Izelle Neuhoffb. 1994ZASouth African athletics competitor
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 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 487 | #47,035 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 463 | #46,037 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 443 | #45,482 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Neuhoff mean, and where does it come from?
- distinguishing epithet for the owner or tenant of a new farm or manor, standardized from Middle Low German nie ‘new’ -(- hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’ or a habitational name from any of several places… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Neuhoff?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnuˌhɔf/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Neuhoff have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Neuhoff in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled neuhoff.
- How common is the name Neuhoff?
- In the United States, the national register counted 463 people named Neuhoff in 2010, about 1 in 718 thousand residents.
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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, “Neuhoff”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.