Kaplon Surname

478,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 698 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Kaplon Surname Definition:

(German, Polish) Descendant of the chaplain or high priest.

Kaplon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4241:854,85665,098
France821:810,03397,301
Poland411:927,04369,048
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
England201:2,785,90397,972
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Norway101:514,22941,629
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Kaplon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Polish) Descendant of the chaplain or high priest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kaplon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaplon (Russian: Каплон) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaplon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 478,427th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,440,610 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Kaplon are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Kaplon is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 854,856. In The United States Kaplon is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 13 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States Kaplon exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in France, where 12 percent are found and Poland, where 6 percent are found.

Kaplon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kaplon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kaplon surname rose 4,711 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kaplon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kaplon last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kaplon earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 23.05% less than the national average, earning 266,308 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning $40,624 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.27% less than the national average, earning $42,592 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kaplon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaplon in the Russian language
Каплонkaplon-

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