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Across the world, カプラン (Kaplan , Caplan , カプラン) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The first name カプラン is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Bulgaria, where it is a rare boy's name, and Germany. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Turkey, Germany, and China. Much more prevalently, カプラン is the last name as well as the forename.
カプラン is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kaplan Rogalla , the operatic character in the opera Levins Mühle.