Kaplan surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Kaplan surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 29,410 people carried this name — #1,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,170 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

603 people named Kaplan live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 165
Aargau 58
Solothurn 57
Geneva 45
Vaud 42
Bern 39
Basel-Landschaft 33
St. Gallen 29

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 580 people named Kaplan live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.

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Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 154
East Flanders 139
Limburg 89
Brussels-Capital 88
Antwerp 45
Hainaut 40
Liège 25

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

526 people named Kaplan have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 966 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lublin 146
Masovian 63
Lesser Poland 41
Lower Silesian 36
Subcarpathian 36
Pomeranian 35
Opole 31
Silesian 27

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 228 people named Kaplan.

97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 97
Paris 85
Moselle 6
Yvelines 6
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Calvados 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Pas-de-Calais 3
Haut-Rhin 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Kaplan in American newspapers,
1903–1938.

Newspaper page from The Meridional carrying the name Kaplan
The Meridional 1903-05-16
Newspaper page from Ashland Tidings carrying the name Kaplan
Ashland Tidings 1913-06-30
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Kaplan
The Ogden Standard 1920-01-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 83,682 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kaplan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Israel Kaplan
    Israel Kaplan 1869–1927 · politician
  • Viktor Kaplan
    Viktor Kaplan 1876–1934 · teacher
  • Chaim Kaplan
    Chaim Kaplan 1880–1942 · teacher
  • Mordechai Kaplan
    Mordechai Kaplan 1881–1940 · bookseller
  • Mordecai Kaplan
    Mordecai Kaplan 1881–1983 · rabbi

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 157 lives in all are documented under this name.

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