In Croatia, Hoffmann families are generally Croats (from Virovitica area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Backa, Vojvodina ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Hoffmann live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Kutina (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hoffmann is present in 123 countries worldwide. The family name "Hoffmann " is used by some 200000 people in Germany , about 50000 in Brazil , and some 30000 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.