The Hoffstetter Last Name

Records tie Hoffstetter closely to Hofstetter. Taken at its root, Hoffstetter points to “Someone from Hofstetten or Hofstetter, a farmstead place”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• The extra “f” in Hoffstetter is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• About 310 people in the United States were recorded as Hoffstetter in 2010, placing it 64,200 on the national list. Between 1891 and 2000, 566 babies born in France were registered as Hoffstetter, with the most births in 1951–1960.

Hoffstetter coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Hofstetter surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Hoffstetter family name pack.