Surname Hofman in modern Croatia

Hofman families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Hofman live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Osijek (<10), Daruvar (<10), Gornji Kneginec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Hofman (including: Hoffman , Hoffmann , Hofmann , Hoofman , Hophman , Hofmman and Hoffmman ) is present in 157 countries worldwide. The family name "Hofman " is used by some 10000 people in the Netherlands , about 7000 in Poland , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Hofmann " is used by some 100000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in Austria. "Hofmman " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Hofman, Emil Hofman, Blaženka Hofman, Matija Hofman, Josip Hofman, Dario Hofman, Vlado Hofman, Dubravka Hofman, Vlatko Hofman, Ivan Hofman, Marin Hofman, Ivana Hofman, Robert Hofman, Anita Hofman, Renata Hofman, Andrej Hofman, Daniel Hofman, Štefanija Hofman, Jelena Hofman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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