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![Show Contents]() Hofner History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Hofner is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. The surname Hofner is of two possible derivations. In the first case, it is an occupational surname, which derives from the German word hof, which means settlement, or farm. Many Jews in the Russian Empire held such managerial positions on non-Jewish estates. The other meaning of the surname comes from the Yiddish word hofn, which means hope. As such, it was taken as a symbol, and was given to someone who had hope for the future.
 Hofner migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Hofner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Marten Hofner, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1727 aboard the ship "Molley John Hodgeson" 1
- Geo Hofner, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 1
- Johannes Hofner, who landed in America in 1750 1
- Jacob Hofner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 1
Hofner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Christian Hofner, who arrived in Texas in 1840-1850 1
- Maria Hofner, aged 16, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hofner (post 1700) | + |
- Maria Hofner, professor, University of Graz
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Hofner migration to the United States 
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