Around the world, Kaplan (Kaplan 
, Каплан 
, カプラン, among others...) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very seldom female forename. The given name Kaplan is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Russia, where it is a rare male name, and Bulgaria. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Russia, and Germany. Much more prevalently, Kaplan is the last name as well as the forename.
Kaplan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kaplan Rogalla , the operatic character in the opera Levins Mühle.
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sumner z. kaplan politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1920) |
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| řehoř maria kaplan czech dominican brother, CZ (b. 1872) |
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meyer kaplan Israeli forensic scientist, US (b. 1923) |
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| mitchell m. kaplan (b. 1881) |
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lewis a. kaplan United States District Judge, US (b. 1944) |
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| yisrael mendel kaplan American rabbi (1913-1985) (b. 1913) |
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| lewis d. kaplan atmospheric physics researcher (b. 1917) |
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| morton kaplan American editor (1921-2017), US (b. 1921) |
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| lewis kaplan American musician, US (b. 1933) |
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| chana kaplan holocaust victim, b. 1936, PL (b. 1936) |
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| mendel kaplan South African philanthropist, ZA (b. 1936) |
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gül kaplan Turkish women's footballer, TR (b. 1994) |
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| kalman j. kaplan (b. 1941) |
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| marshall jay kaplan television producer, CA (b. 1965) |
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| matthew lee kaplan (b. 1962) |
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