Find out how popular the last name Ioffe is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ioffe.

Ioffe, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ioffe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ioffe in America

Ioffe is the 52736th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ioffe surname appeared 393 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ioffe.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ioffe to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ioffe

The surname IOFFE originates from Russia and is believed to have emerged during the Middle Ages, around the 12th to 15th centuries. It is derived from the Russian word "Iov," which is a variant of the name "Job" from the Hebrew language. The name is thought to have been initially adopted as a patronymic surname, indicating a person's relationship to their father or ancestor named Iov.

In its earliest recorded instances, the surname IOFFE appeared in various historical documents and records from various regions of Russia, such as the Pskov and Novgorod territories. The name was also found in certain Russian chronicles and manuscripts, though specific references are scarce due to the age of these sources.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname IOFFE was Ivan Ioffe, a prominent merchant and landowner who lived in the city of Pskov during the late 15th century. Another notable figure was Andrei Ioffe, a Russian diplomat and statesman who served as an ambassador to the court of the Holy Roman Emperor in the late 16th century.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname IOFFE became more widespread across Russia, particularly in the central and northwestern regions. Some prominent individuals from this period include Mikhail Ioffe, a military officer who fought in the Russo-Turkish Wars of the late 18th century, and Nikolai Ioffe, a renowned academic and educator who founded one of the first public schools in St. Petersburg in the early 19th century.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the IOFFE surname gained further recognition due to several notable individuals. One of the most famous was Abram Ioffe, a prominent Soviet physicist and academic who made significant contributions to the fields of solid-state physics and semiconductors. He was born in 1880 and died in 1960.

Another notable figure was Andrei Ioffe, a Russian-American writer and poet who was active in the early 20th century. He was born in 1888 and passed away in 1948. Additionally, Grigory Ioffe, a Soviet military commander and hero of World War II, was born in 1909 and died in 1999.

The IOFFE surname has been associated with various place names and locations throughout Russia, such as the town of Ioffintsy in the Kaluga region and the village of Ioffevskoye in the Novgorod Oblast. However, the exact origins and connections between the surname and these place names remain uncertain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ioffe

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ioffe.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ioffe was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ioffe has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ioffe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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