Jaffray
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jaffray is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Aberdeens. see Jeffrey.
- USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.7M (inferred from the name graph)
193 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Aberdeens. see Jeffrey.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jaffray counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 193 | 1 in 1.7M | 204 | Jaffray | 16 |
| FR France | — | — | 17 | Jaffray | 112 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | — | Jaffray | 21 |
| CA Canada | — | — | — | Jaffray | 12 |
193 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alexander Jaffrayb. 1614GB(1614-1673) Scottish politician, Provost of Aberdeen and Quaker leader
- Robert Jaffrayb. 1832CACanadian politician (1832–1914)
- Edith Jaffrayb. 1861USAmerican novelist
- Robert A. Jaffrayb. 1873CACanadian missionary
- Jean-Yves Jaffrayb. 1939FRFrench mathematician and economist
- Lyn Jaffrayb. 1950NZNew Zealand rugby union player
- Alex Jaffrayb. 1967FRFrench composer
- Jason Jaffrayb. 1981CACanadian ice hockey player
- Dominic Jaffrayb. 1995GBbadminton player
- David A. JaffrayCAresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 204 | #95,802 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 193 | #94,730 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 181 | #93,841 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 48 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 48 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 26 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jaffray mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Aberdeens. see Jeffrey. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Jaffray have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 193 people named Jaffray, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jaffray.
- Where is Jaffray most common?
- Jaffray is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Jaffray?
- In the United States, the national register counted 193 people named Jaffray in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jaffrayThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jaffray”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.