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Family name Jafet (Jafet , יפת ) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Jafet is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a common surname, Israel, and Honduras, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Mexico, Israel, and Namibia. More frequently, Jafet is the forename as well as the last name.