Surname Kaplan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kaplan families are Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Makarska.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kaplan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Osijek (10), Nova Gradiska (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), and in Tenja (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kaplan (including: Caplan , Chaplan , Kapplan , Kaplán and Qaplan ) is present in 115 countries worldwide. The family name "Kaplan " is used by some 400000 people in Turkey , about 100000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Germany. "Kapplan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Caplan " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Canada , and some 600 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Vilson Kaplan, Monika Kaplan, Marija Kaplan, Katija Kaplan, Andrija Kaplan, Josip Kaplan, Hari Kaplan, Ernest Kaplan, Zlatko Kaplan, Darko Kaplan, Sonja Kaplan, Mario Kaplan, Damir Kaplan, Nancy Kaplan, Marko Kaplan, Željko Kaplan, Bogomira Kaplan, Mladen Kaplan, Marina Kaplan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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