Hoffmann
Hoffmann is a German surname.
Geographical Distribution
As of 2014, 74.3% of all known bearers of the surname Hoffmann were residents of Germany (frequency 1:292), 6.6% of Brazil (1:8,398), 6.3% of the United States (1:15,493), 1.7% of Austria (1:1,328), 1.7% of Poland (1:5,972), 1.2% of Luxembourg (1:125), 1.0% of Australia (1:6,487) and 1.0% of South Africa (1:15,136).
In Luxembourg, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:125) in the following cantons:
- 1. Echternach (1:50)
- 2. Remich (1:58)
- 3. Mersch (1:75)
- 4. Diekirch (1:82)
- 5. Redange (1:85)
- 6. Grevenmacher (1:97)
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:292) in the following states:[1]
- 1. Saarland (1:132)
- 2. Brandenburg (1:167)
- 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:180)
- 4. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:181)
- 5. Thuringia (1:182)
- 6. Berlin (1:189)
- 7. Saxony (1:256)
People
A
- Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist
- Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
- Asa Hoffmann (born 1943), American chess player
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), German poet
B
- Banesh Hoffmann (1906–1986), physicist and biographer of Einstein
- Bruno Hoffmann (1913–1991), German glass harp player
C
- Charles F. Hoffmann (1838–1913), German-American topographer
- Christoph Hoffmann (1815–1885), German politician and Templer
D
- David Hoffmann (disambiguation)
E
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), German writer, eponym of The Tales of Hoffmann
- Erich Hoffmann (1868-1959), German dermatologist
- Ernst Hoffmann (conductor) (1899–1956), American symphony conductor
F
- Falk Hoffmann (born 1952), East German diver
- Felix Hoffmann (1868–1949), German chemist (aspirin)
- Felix Hoffmann (basketball) (born 1989), German basketball player
- Felix Hoffmann (illustrator) (1911–1975), Swiss graphic designer and artist
- Francis Hoffmann (1822–1903), German-American clergyman, politician and writer
- François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), French playwright and critic
- Frederic de Hoffmann (1924–1989), nuclear physicist
- Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), German physician and chemist at Halle
- Friedrich Albin Hoffmann (1843–1924), German internist
- Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche (1868–1920), Swiss founder of chemical company
G
- Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982), American actress
- Geza von Hoffmann (1885–1921), Austrian-Hungarian eugenicist and writer
- Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760–1826), German botanist and lichenologist,
- Gleisi Hoffmann, Brazilian politician and lawyer
H
- Hans Hoffmann (painter) (c.1530–1592), German artist
- Heinrich Hoffmann (author) (1809–1894)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (sport shooter) (1867–?)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer) (1885–1957)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot) (1913–1941), World War II German flying ace
- Heinz Hoffmann (1910–1985), East German General and Defence Minister
- Hermann Hoffmann (1819–1891), German botanist and mycologist
- Hilmar Hoffmann (1925–2018), German film festival director, cultural politician, director of Goethe-Institute, writer
I
- Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Formula One & Two racecar driver
J
- James Hoffmann (born 1979), English barista, businessman and online influencer
- Jan Hoffmann (born 1955), German figure skater
- Jens Hoffmann (born 1974), writer and curator of exhibitions
- Joachim Hoffmann (1930–2002), German historian
- Johann Hoffmann (neurologist) (1857–1919), German neurologist
- Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1805–1878), German scholar and Oriental philologist
- Johann Leonard Hoffmann (1710–1782), Dutch army surgeon and amateur geologist
- Johannes Hoffmann (1867–1930), Bavarian politician and Minister-President
- John-Baptist Hoffmann (1857–1928), German Jesuit, anthropologist and Munda scholar
- Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer) (born 1970), German swimmer
- Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer
- Jules A. Hoffmann (born 1941), Luxembourg-born French immunologist and Nobel laureate
K
- Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist
- Karl Hoffmann (Swiss politician) (1820–1895)
- Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909), German botanist
- Karol Hoffmann, Polish athlete
- Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (1895-1988), German admiral during World War II
L
- Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 1934), British Law Lord
- Luc Hoffmann (1923–2016), Swiss ornithologist, co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund
M
- Max Hoffmann (1869–1927), German officer and military strategist during World War I
- Melanie Hoffmann (born 1974), German footballer
N
- Nickel Hoffmann (1536-1592), German architect
O
- Oskar Hoffmann (painter) (1851–1912), Baltic-German artist from Estonia
- Oskar Hoffmann (author) (1866–1928), German science fiction author
P
- Philipp Hoffmann (1806–1889), German architect
R
- Ralph Hoffmann (1870–1932), American ornithologist
- Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1943), German choreographer
- Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), Polish-American chemist and Nobel laureate
- Roy Hoffmann, US Navy Rear Admiral
- Rüdiger Hoffmann (born 1964), German cabarettist
Z
- Zdzisław Hoffmann (born 1959), Polish triple jumper
Other uses
- Hoffmann (motorcycle) a defunct German bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer
- Hoffmann (automobile) a three-wheeled car considered by some to be the worst car ever made
See also
- Hoffman
- Hofman
- Hofmann
- Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (author abbreviation: Hoffmanns., 1766–1849), a German botanist and entomologist
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