Hofer Family History
Hofer Name Meaning
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone
who lived at, worked on, or managed a farm, from Middle High German
hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’, ‘court’ + the agent suffix
-er. Compare Hoffmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hofer
Name Distribution of Hofer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hofer families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hofer families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hofer census records
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Hofer Family Origin
Hofer Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Hofer families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hofer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hofer census records
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Military Service by Hofer
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