Family name Yaffe (יפה 
, 亚夫 
, Yaffe 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Yaffe is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, where it is quite a rare surname, and Uruguay. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Israel, China, and the United States. More prevalently, Yaffe is the forename as well as the last name.
| shalom elchanan yaffe American Rabbi, LT (b. 1858) |
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james yaffe American writer (1927-2017), US (b. 1927) |
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| yitzhak yaffe student at Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium (1896-1916), BY (b. 1896) |
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| richard yaffe journalist (1903-1986) (b. 1903) |
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| leo yaffe Canadian chemist (1916-1997), US (b. 1916) |
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kristine yaffe American scholar |
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| martin j yaffe researcher (b. 1949) |
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| phyllis yaffe Canadian politician and media executive, CA (b. 1949) |
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| martin d. yaffe (b. 1942) |
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| eyal yaffe Israeli former basketball player (b. 1960) |
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| deborah yaffe American woman writer, US (b. 1965) |
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| gideon yaffe American philosopher and legal scholar (b. 1971) |
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| david yaffe American academic, US (b. 1973) |
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| nathan yaffe performing artist in Canada, CA |
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| kristine yaffe researcher |
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