The hofstetter Surname
hofstetter Name Meaning and History
- German: occupational or status name for someone who worked or lived at the principal farm on an estate, from Middle High German hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’ + stete ‘place’.
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Hofstetten, in particular one in Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Charles Hofstetter |
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| Robert Hofstetter | William R. Hofstetter | 11 |
| I am Helen Hofstetter-Hewson-Elgas |
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| Josephine A. Veith Hofstetter | Bill Meagher | 2 |
| John J. Hofstetter | Sarah | 3 |
| A.N. HOFSTETTER FROM EVANSTON, IL. |
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| Hofstetter in Scotland and Devon |
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| Hofstetter in Delaware |
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