Kaplanek Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Kaplanek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaplanek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Austria401:212,88626,249
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

The alternate forms: Kaplánek (114) are calculated separately.

Kaplanek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaplanek Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kaplanek is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Kaplánek. For other potential spellings of Kaplanek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaplanek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,202,518th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Kaplanek live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Kaplanek is most common in The United States, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 46 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 40 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 35 percent are found and Austria, where 20 percent are found.

Kaplanek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kaplanek are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kaplanek earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaplánek96114/
Kaplaneck942/
Kapłanek88142/
Kaplonek8823/
Kaplatnik821/
Kaplankova782/
Kapłonek75131/
Kopplenek712/
Kaplenig6389/
Koplenik6314/
Kopłonek631/
Kaplyonkova5314/
Koplenig5070/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kaplanek
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