Hohman
A surname usually treated as a German form related to Hoffmann, likely meaning a man from or associated with a high place or farm.
The #9,286 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 88,087 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hohman is generally understood as a German surname related to Hohmann and Hoffmann. The first element is usually connected with German hoch or hoh, meaning “high,” while the second element is man, “man.” In surname use, this kind of formation could point to someone living on higher ground, at an elevated farm, or otherwise associated with a “high” place.
History
The name appears as a spelling variant within the wider German surname family represented by Hoffmann and Hohmann. In English-speaking countries it was often simplified to Hohman, dropping one of the doubled consonants found in the fuller German forms. It is now found especially in the United States, where immigrant spellings often stabilized in simplified forms.
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Fun fact
German surnames built from descriptive elements like hoch/hoh are among the many names that began as practical labels for where a family lived or worked.
From the historical record
“Hoffmann, 227 Hoge, 357 Hohman, 341 Hold, 282 Holder, 282 HoUe, 282 HoUer, 282 Hollmann, 282”
— The Teutonic Name-System applied to the family names of France, England and Germany