The Kaps surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 408 people carried this name — #51,066 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 396 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
215 people named Kaps have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 297 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 75 people named Kaps.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Vosges.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Kaps,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nikolaus Kaps 1450–1512 · auxiliary bishop
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Ernst Kaps 1826–1887 · entrepreneur
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Richard Kaps 1845–1876 · opera singer
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Bertha Kaps 1882–1943
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Engelbert Kaps 1888–1975 · sculptor
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Johann Kaps 1895–1966 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaps.
- Kapp 3,974 · U.S. census
- Kappel 2,869 · U.S. census
- Kappes 1,624 · U.S. census
- Kappler 1,409 · U.S. census
- Kapps 175 · U.S. census
- Kaprielian 274 · U.S. census
- Kapusta 913 · U.S. census
- Kara 1,308 · U.S. census
- Karam 3,401 · U.S. census
- Karapetyan 1,260 · U.S. census
- Karas 5,858 · U.S. census
- Karch 1,506 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kaps is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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