Kaplein Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kaplein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaplein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kaplein Last Name Facts

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

Kaplein is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kaplein click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaplein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kaplein occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kaplein live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Other than South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 40 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kaplein
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