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De Hoff Surname Meaning

North German: from the Low German definite article de + hoff, variant of hof ‘court’, ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’,

hence a status name for a peasant in the service of a manor or for a free land-owning farmer.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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You can see how De Hoff families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De Hoff family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most De Hoff families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 18 De Hoff families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 47% of all the recorded De Hoff's in USA. Pennsylvania had the highest population of De Hoff families in 1880.
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Between 1971 and 2000, in the United States, De Hoff life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1985, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for De Hoff in 1971 was 63, and 94 in 2000.

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