The Caplan Family Name

If your family name is Caplan, its origin lies with Kaplan, a Polish surname.

Caplan writes “c” in place of the “k” found in Kaplan, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

There is no single Caplan family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Caplan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.