Hoffmann

Hoffmann is a German surname.

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. 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)

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 Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921), Austrian-Hungarian Orthodox Rabbi

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
• Frank Hoffmann (born 1944), Louisiana state representative
• 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

• 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

• 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