# Jaffe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jaffe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,865 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,886 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (6,029 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yaffe |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jaffe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jaffe in the United States.

## People named Jaffe

- Sam Jaffe, American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984)
- Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model
- Taliesin Jaffe, American actor
- Charles Jaffe, American chess player
- Stanley R. Jaffe, American film producer (1940–2025)
- David Jaffe, American video game designer

## Similar surnames

Jobe, Job, Jeff.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.