Hofterup is a locality situated in Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,501 inhabitants in 2010.The etymology of the name suggests it may originally have meant "the settlement of Horte", Horte being and old Scandinavian male name. Among historical landmarks can be noted Hofterupsdösen, a stone chamber tomb from the Neolithic, and the well-preserved medieval Hofterup Church. Järavallen Nature Reserve, one of Skåne's largest public recreation areas, is in Hofterup.