Jaffé Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Jaffé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jaffé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
France111:6,038,429280,838
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Jaffe (11,728) & Jaffè (1) are calculated separately.

Jaffé Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jaffé Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jaffé is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Jaffe or Jaffè. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jaffé? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,333,370th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Jaffé live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Berlin, where 56 percent live, Bavaria, where 11 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 21 percent live and France, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaffe9311,728/
Jaffè931/
Jaffa801,768/
Jaffy8076/
Jaffi8028/
Yaffé809/
Joffé805/
Saffé801/
Jaffer7360,675/
Jaffee731,377/
Djaffi73578/
Jaffey73171/
Jaffie73110/
Jaffet73100/
Jaffit7340/
Jaffei7318/
Jaffui7314/
Jaaffa733/
Jaffay733/
Djaffe731/
Jouffé731/
Jaffuy731/
Jaffeu731/
Jaffiy731/
Jaffoi731/
Djafér731/
Jaffai731/
Jaffid731/
Jaffeh731/
Jaffis730/
Jaaffe730/
Jafi671,190/
Jafa67584/
Djaffer67459/
Jauffer67379/
Jafy67217/
Jafe6770/
Jaffess6746/
Jaffeer6714/
Jaffett679/
Jaiffer673/
Jayffee673/
Jafffer672/
Jaffets672/
Jaaffer671/
Jawffer671/
Jafferh671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jaffé
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