Kasap Surname
Approximately 24,200 people bear this surname
Kasap Surname User-submission:
Kasap is a job name in Turkish, meaning 'butcher'. But this surname came from a war front name Kasap Bölüğü, which means 'butcher war front', but the meaning was 'cutting people and using knifes in the war'.
Kasap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 20,490 | 1:3,798 | 541 |
| Ukraine | 875 | 1:52,026 | 7,513 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Northern Cyprus | 485 | 1:658 | 31 |
| Russia | 245 | 1:588,257 | 52,149 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| Germany | 147 | 1:547,656 | 45,370 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Serbia | 130 | 1:54,961 | 5,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 128 | 1:27,628 | 4,431 |
| Croatia | 104 | 1:40,660 | 8,130 |
| Moldova | 84 | 1:42,397 | 6,377 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| England | 68 | 1:819,383 | 43,863 |
| Transnistria | 50 | 1:9,494 | 1,924 |
| Belgium | 49 | 1:234,625 | 29,441 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Bulgaria | 42 | 1:166,164 | 9,383 |
| Belarus | 32 | 1:296,908 | 33,328 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Kosovo | 10 | 1:186,187 | 7,122 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Kasap (239) may also be a first name.
Kasap Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kasap is a job name in Turkish, meaning 'butcher'. But this surname came from a war front name Kasap Bölüğü, which means 'butcher war front', but the meaning was 'cutting people and using knifes in the war'.
- zekicekiThe Kasap surname means 'butcher', a man who processes meat.
- masterkasapKasap Demographics
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Kasap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kasap (Arabic: كاسب, Hindi: कश्यप, Marathi: कसप, Oriya: କସପ, Russian: Касап) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasap? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,444th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 301,138 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Kasap reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Kasap is also the 578,640th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 239 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 20,490 people, or 1 in 3,798. In Turkey Kasap is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 9 percent are found and Denizli Province, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name exists in 59 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 4 percent are found and Egypt, where 2 percent are found.
Kasap Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kasap last name is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kasap last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Kasap earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning 323,622 kr per year; in United States they earn 29.27% more than the national average, earning $55,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.53% less than the national average, earning $36,998 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kasap Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kasap in the Marathi language | ||
| कसप | kasapa | 77.27 |
| कासप | kasapa | 13.64 |
| कसाप | kasapa | 9.09 |
| Kasap in the Oriya language | ||
| କସପ | kasapa | 75 |
| ବାୁକାସପ | baukasapa | 25 |
| Kasap in the Hindi language | ||
| कश्यप | kasyapa | 42.86 |
| कसप | kasapa | 28.57 |
| कशाप | kasapa | 14.29 |
| कासप | kasapa | 14.29 |
| Kasap in the Russian language | ||
| Касап | kasap | - |
| Kasap in the Arabic language | ||
| كاسب | kasb | - |
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