Kaplan

in Iowa

There are 108 people with the last name "Kaplan" in Iowa.

Ranking in Iowa

Name	Rank
Kaplan	3,488

is 3,484th most common Gruhn
is 3,485th most common Hope
is 3,486th most common Houdek
is 3,487th most common Jess
is 3,488th most common Kaplan
is 3,489th most common Keppler
is 3,490th most common Kilgore
is 3,491st most common Magnuson
is 3,492nd most common Manders

Meaning & History

Kaplan

Jewish (Ashkenazic): surname used as a translation of Cohen, from German Kaplan or Polish kapłan ‘chaplain’, ‘curate’.

German, Swedish, Czech, and Slovenian; Slovak Kaplán, Polish (Kapłan); Hungarian (Káplán): status name for a deacon, chaplain, or curate (ultimately from Late Latin capellanus (see Chaplin 1), or a nickname for someone resembling a clergyman).

Turkish: from kablan ‘tiger’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a tiger, typically in having indomitable courage or spirit. In the form Kaplanis, this is also found as a Greek surname, with various patronymic and other derivatives (Kaplanidis, Kaplanoglou, Kaplanellis, etc.)