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
Average Kasap Salary in
United States
$55,777 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kasap.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasap? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kasap is the 22,444th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 301,138 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 239 people.
The surname Kasap is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 20,490 people, or 1 in 3,798. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Izmir Province, where 9 percent live and Denizli Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey it occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 2 percent live.
Kasap Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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 Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political 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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