Hoffmann Family History
Hoffmann Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a steward on a
farm or estate, from German hof(f) ‘manorfarm’, ‘courtyard’ +
Mann ‘man’. Originally, this was a status name for a farmer who
owned his own land as opposed to holding it by rent or feudal
obligation, but the name soon came to denote the manager or steward of
a manor farm, in which sense it is extremely frequent throughout
central and eastern Europe; also among Jews, since many Jews held
managerial positions on non-Jewish estates. AB This name is
widespread throughout central and eastern Europe, not only in
German-speaking lands.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hoffmann Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hoffmann families
 46 - 89  16 - 45 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hoffmann families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hoffmann Family Origin
Hoffmann Emigration Information (US)
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Hoffmann Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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