The Jaffe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,865 people carried this name — #5,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 6,029 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Jaffe surname

Borrowed from Hebrew יפה (yafé, “beautiful, comely”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jaffe» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 37 people named Jaffe.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Paris 14
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Loire 1
Morbihan 1
Rhône 1
Ille-et-Vilaine 1
Yvelines 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Jaffe in American newspapers,
1906–1921.

Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Jaffe
The Seattle Star 1921-07-28
Newspaper page from The Seattle Republican carrying the name Jaffe
The Seattle Republican 1906-01-12
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Jaffe
The Western News 1907-10-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,815 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jaffe in Australian newspapers,
1880s–2000s.

649 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jaffe. The most, 107, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 331
New South Wales 134
Western Australia 127
Queensland 20
South Australia 18
ACT (Canberra) 9
Tasmania 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jaffe.

Who carried it

People named Jaffe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Otto Jaffe
    Otto Jaffe 1846–1929 · politician
  • Kate Jaffe d. 1972
  • Levie Hartog Geloga d. 1798
  • Mose ben Eliezer Jaffe 1400–1480 · rabbi
  • Abraham of Bohemia 1435–1535 · court Jew
  • Abraham of Bohemia 1435–1533 · court Jew

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Jaffe,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,655 records

2,655 records of the Jaffe name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,215
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 496
  • Other U.S. records 944
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Isidor Jaffe

    Born 1897 in Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jakob Jaffe

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Neckar from Bremen, aged 30; laborer. From Konitop, Russia; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Keith Harold Jaffe

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1992; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 2,655 records for Jaffe in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany27 records

27 records of the Jaffe name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Erwin Jaffé

    From Dresden. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 September 1914 (Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Sewald Jaffé

    From Düsseldorf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 5 March 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 16).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Jaffe

    From München. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 9 August 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Jaffe in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France22 records

22 records of the Jaffe name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacob Jaffe

    Born 1913 in Paris; died 1992 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Fortunee Jaffe

    Born 1900 in Paris; died 1972 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Meier Jaffe

    Born 1879 in Lithuania; died 1943 in Poland.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Jaffe in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia21 records

21 records of the Jaffe name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Myer Jaffe

    Gentleman of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1979.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl M. Jaffe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1891 aboard the Austral, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lewis Hyman Jaffe

    Gentleman of Caulfield South, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Jaffe in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands13 records

13 records of the Jaffe name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Paul Josef Jaffe

    Married in 1935 in Heemstede; company official.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jakob Jaffé

    Died 1943 in Westerbork; born 1875 in Londen, England.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Salomon Jaffe

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1804 in Mecklenburg.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Jaffe in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Norway12 records

12 records of the Jaffe name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Samuel Jaffe

    Census of 1910: Olaf Ryes plads, Kristiania; "pølseselger", born 1886 in Russia.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Marie Jaffe

    Census of 1910: Pilestrædet, Kristiania; born 1902 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Benjamin Jaffe

    Census of 1910: Pilestrædet, Kristiania; "sigaretformand", born 1870 in Vilna, Russia.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Jaffe in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Jaffe name in the United Kingdom
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Jaffe

    Buried in 1793 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 60.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Joseph Jaffe

    Died 1918. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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