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jaffe Name Meaning and History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Hebrew yafe ‘beautiful’, ‘pleasant’, a surname recorded in Prague as early as the 16th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The jaffe name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the jaffe family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of jaffe Families in the US in 1920
Number of jaffe families
 167-332
 56-166		 1-55
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Fannie Jaffe benjaminbanyas 0
The Massachusetts Jaffe Begats elcircle5c 1
Death of Mr. Samuel A. Jaffe in Cuba davwayell 0
Levites with surname Jaffe Aaron Jaffe 1
JAFFE, GOLDIE SCOTT Kelly_Blizzard 0
Dorothy Jaffke RhondaBrazell 0
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Jaffe ancestry Chaim Freedman 1
Paul Jaffe b1899 Turkey & Frieda NY & CT bobforan 0
Obit- Gerard George Jaffe cantorjoeocho 0
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