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The JAFFE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,029 5322 0.002 22
United States (1880 census) 19 75293 0 0
Change since 1880 +6010 +69971 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 61 21590 0 4
United Kingdom 226 15281 0 5
Top States for JAFFE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 914 1779 0.005 48
California 894 3095 0.003 26
Florida 766 2377 0.005 48
New Jersey 450 1821 0.005 53
Pennsylvania 424 3209 0.003 35
Top States for JAFFE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Washington DC 31 1773 0.005 54
New Jersey 450 1821 0.005 53
New York 914 1779 0.005 48
Florida 766 2377 0.005 48
Massachusetts 254 3029 0.004 40

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JAFFE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JAFFE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JAFFE in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JAFFE by picking someone at random in Washington DC than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JAFFE

Language of origin: Hebrew

Religious origin: Jewish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JAFFE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JAFFE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 81 1.34
Mixed Race 75 1.24
Asian/Pacific 50 0.83
Black/African American 33 0.55
Native American/Alaskan 6 0.1
White (Caucasian) 5,784 95.94

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JAFFE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of JAFFE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of JAFFE.

Similar names to JAFFE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JAFFE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for JAFFE

The following words are slight variants of JAFFE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.