1897 census surname
Joffe
According to Rootera’s index, 255 people recorded as Joffe or related archive spellings were found across 64 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Rezhitsa, and Rēznas (Rozenmuižas) Parish.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
Where the surname appears
- Dvinsk207
- Rezhitsa29
- Rēznas (Rozenmuižas) Parish7
- Lutzin6
- Višķu Parish4
- Varkavas Parish1
- Viļānu Town1
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Иоффе”, with “ioffe” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Joffe”, “Yaffe”, and “Yoffe”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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