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De%20hoff Name 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


Similar surnames: Neuhoff, Wemhoff, Mehlhoff, Niehoff, Emshoff, Eoff, Lehnhoff, Olthoff

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You can see how De%20hoff families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De%20hoff family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most De%20hoff families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 18 De%20hoff families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 47% of all the recorded De%20hoff's in USA. Pennsylvania had the highest population of De%20hoff families in 1880.
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Between 1971 and 2000, in the United States, De%20hoff life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1985, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for De%20hoff in 1971 was 63, and 94 in 2000.

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