Surname Yaphet (Yaphet 
, יפת , يافث 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare family name. The surname Yaphet is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Ethiopia, where it is a rare surname, and Myanmar, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Israel, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Yaphet is the forename as well as the last name.