Kaplun Surname

53,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Israel

Kaplun Surname User-submission:

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from lineage (priestly, Levite, convert). These Jewish family names derive from the Latin word Cappella ("chapel"), a small Christian prayerhouse, which in turn produced the term Chaplain, the person who conducts the prayers.

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Kaplun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4,6931:9,7001,178
Russia1,9801:72,7899,345
Israel9641:8,8771,379
United States7841:462,32039,439
Belarus3651:26,0304,463
Argentina1961:218,07917,960
Kazakhstan1551:114,08112,229
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Uzbekistan711:435,62210,503
Australia391:692,19746,687
Mexico361:3,447,95024,458
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
France251:2,656,909193,074
Transnistria161:29,6694,918
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Moldova121:296,78124,445
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354

The alternate forms: Kaplún (5) & Káplun (1) are calculated separately.

Kaplun Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from lineage (priestly, Levite, convert). These Jewish family names derive from the Latin word Cappella ("chapel"), a small Christian prayerhouse, which in turn produced the term Chaplain, the person who conducts the prayers. Jews took the name Kaplan/Kaplun, particularly in Eastern Europe, as a vernacular equivalent of the name Cohen. The second part of the double-barreled name Kaplun-Kogan is also a widespread Russian form of Cohen. The first high priest (Cohen) of the Jews was Aharon, elder brother of Moses. It was his descendants who performed the consecrated duties of the Cohanim in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem until the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. The surname Cohen, or Ha-Cohen ("the priest"), is as ancient as the function itself, and throughout the Diaspora it is one of the most widespread sources of Jewish family names. The Slavic suffix -sky in Kaplunsky means son of. A distinguished bearer of the name Kaplun-Kogan is the 20th century Russian-born German economist, publisher and author, Wladimir Wolf Kaplun-Kogan.

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Kaplun Last Name Facts

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

Kaplun (Georgian: კაპლუნ, Russian: Каплун) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kaplún or Káplun. For other potential spellings of Kaplun click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaplun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 53,165th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 758,172 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Kaplun reside; 68 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 4,693 people, or 1 in 9,700. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 10 percent reside, Donetsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside. Barring Ukraine this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent reside and Israel, where 10 percent reside.

Kaplun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kaplun surname is principally Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Orthodox (73%) in Belarus and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kaplun surname are 11.27% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 58.04% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kaplun earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $47,218 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning $51,598 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaplún945/
Káplun941/
Kaploun9297/
Kaplaun923/
Kaplyun922/
Kaplunt921/
Kaplune921/
Kasplun921/
Kapleun921/
Kaplon83698/
Kapłun83129/
Caplun8375/
Koplun8311/
Kaplunova802,195/
Kapluggin807/
Kaplunová802/
Caplung7710/
Kaploon773/
Kaploum771/
Kapplon771/
Caploun771/
Caplund770/
Koplund770/
Kaplounova751/
Caploune711/
Kapłon672,673/
Koplon6742/
Caplon6734/
Koplunova6714/
Caplum6711/
Caplunova679/
Kapłuń672/
Caplún671/
Caploon6211/
Coplund620/
Kopplon620/
Capillon57589/
Capllonh5723/
Capellon576/
Cappellon5312/
Cappillon532/
Coplon50306/
Kapłoń5015/
Capłon501/
Kopłon501/

Kaplun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaplun in the Georgian language
კაპლუნkaplun-
Kaplun in the Russian language
Каплунkaplun-

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