Yaffe Surname
Approximately 2,577 people bear this surname
Yaffe Surname Definition:
(Hebrew) Descendant of Yaffe, a pet form of Japheth (increase).
Read More About This SurnameYaffe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,666 | 1:217,562 | 21,166 |
| Australia | 319 | 1:84,626 | 9,797 |
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| England | 138 | 1:403,754 | 27,757 |
| Uruguay | 88 | 1:38,997 | 4,467 |
| Argentina | 78 | 1:547,992 | 39,725 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Yaffé (9) are calculated separately.
Yaffe (15) may also be a first name.
Yaffe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Hebrew) Descendant of Yaffe, a pet form of Japheth (increase).
User-submitted Reference
A surname of Jewish origin. The Hebrew word, yaffe (yah-feh), means 'beautiful'. There are multiple variations to the English spelling, and when spelled with a "J" it is sometimes a "soft J" that's pronounced as "Y".
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Yaffe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaffe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yaffe (Russian: Яффе) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Yaffé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaffe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 167,770th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,827,918 people. The surname Yaffe is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Yaffe live; 71 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. Yaffe is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,666 people, or 1 in 217,562. In The United States Yaffe is most numerous in: Maryland, where 19 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.
Yaffe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Yaffe surname are 40.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.02% being registered with the political party.
The amount Yaffe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.99% more than the national average, earning R 439,608 per year; in United States they earn 22.65% more than the national average, earning $52,923 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.01% more than the national average, earning $72,046 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaffe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaffe in the Russian language | ||
| Яффе | affe | - |
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