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Hofer Name Meaning
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone
who lived at, worked on, or managed a farm, from Middle High German
hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’, ‘court’ + the agent suffix
-er. Compare Hoffmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hofer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hofer families
 73 - 143  25 - 72 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hofer families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hofer families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hofer census records
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Hofer Family Origin
Hofer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hofer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hofer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hofer census records
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Hofer Civil War Service Records
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