Hofstetter Family History
Hofstetter Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: status name for someone who worked or lived at the principal farm on an estate from Middle High German hovestat hofstat ‘farmstead manor farm’. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Hofstätt(en) or Hofstetten. Compare Hoffstetter .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022