Hoffman

Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.

Hoffman (countable and uncountable, plural Hoffmans)

1. A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
   • 2013, Chris Godsil, Gordon F. Royle, Algebraic Graph Theory, Springer, page 77:

     Graphs with diameter ${\displaystyle d}$ and girth ${\displaystyle 2d+1}$ are known as Moore graphs. They were introduced by Hoffman and Singleton in a paper that can be viewed as one of the prime sources of algebraic graph theory.

   • 2023 January 20, “Folsom Lake State Recreation Area & Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park Road & Trail Management Plan”, in California State Parks‎^[1], Appendices, page 132:

     The lower portion of the Los Lagos Trail is well used (but illegally) by bikes coming from the Hoffman Property nonsystem trails, which go on to ride on the Pioneer Express Trail.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A village in Clinton County, Illinois.
   2. A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
   5. A town in Richmond County, North Carolina.
   6. A town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
3. A settlement on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoffman is the 224^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 131,401 individuals. Hoffman is most common among White (94.1%) individuals.